No right to 'play God'

Woman sues Toronto doctors for allegedly ignoring father's wishes to stay alive

Doctors accused of negligence or malpractice in the death of Second World War vet

Alfie Evans - Alder Hey Children's Hospital

TOT'S BATTLE Who is Alfie Evans, how long has he been at Alder Hey hospital and who are the baby’s parents Kate James and Tom Evans?
The child's life support has been switched off after his parents lost the latest in a string of legal battles


'We were told he wouldn't last five minutes and here we are 36 hours later. He looks comfortable. He looks chilled. And that's what's the most important thing right now.'

What Is Being Hidden...?

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Career options in the modern world

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update UK time
At this moment, 5:40pm on Wednesday 25th April, Alfie Evans is still clinging to life, and the Court of Appeal is deciding whether Tom and Kate can take their son to Rome.
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update Apr 26, 2018
Launching campaign for 'Alfie's Law' to give parents more say
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Nearly, but not quite the same in Canada.
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Sunday, April 29, 2018
R.I.P.

Alder Hey organs scandal

When patient advocates are better than doctors

Really, do we need a patient advocate‽

Maybe.
Probably not.
We have regulating bodies like the C.P.S.O. looking after us!

Here's a reassuring article.

Last, but not least, in Ontario we have the

Ontario Hospital Association

Complaints about doctors rarely lead to formal discipline

Thousands of complaints about physicians lead to a handful of disciplinary cases

Self Regulation?

Self Serving?

Hospital mistakes that should never happen

Wishful thinking‽

Kingston woman upset by oversight body's findings into incomplete appendectomy - Ottawa - CBC News

Christine Sulek-Popov had to undergo two appendix removal surgeries after her first surgeon inadvertently left 5 cm of her appendix in her body. (Ashley Burke/CBC)

Confirmation that the College knows best‽

Another example‽

Dangers of pharmacists' alert fatigue.

When I saw this article, it isn't just a pharmacist trouble area but that of doctors as well.

As one's age becomes more "golden" the number of medications on the shelf seems to increase at an alarming rate. This make one wonder if there there are adverse drug interactions that we should pro-actively investigate on our own!

An update?

Jan 19, 2015

Medical debate over defining death

Medical debate over defining death has implications for organ donors

Doctors need to harvest organs within two hours after the heart stops or they may deteriorate beyond use.

HARVEST! ?‽

The standards for defining death in Canada vary so much that the hospital where a dying person ends up may affect when they are declared dead.

Are there standards?


Paralysed stroke victim experiences every patient's worst nightmare as he hears doctors discussing whether to donate his organs but couldn't speak out

3 April 2014




Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
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Patient safety and protection?

Is it a reality here in Canada or a fiction?

Click here to see an article on medical whistle blowers that may make you wonder.

Ontario Health Study

Ontario scientists launch

“largest health study in the world”

Ontario has expertise in many different types of endeavor.

EHealth Ontario comes to mind.

Ontario HST

sex education

on and on

Sites of possible complimentary interest

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law to give families the right to get the truth about medical negligence

THE family of a Welsh schoolboy who died as a result of medical negligence has been credited with inspiring the UK Government to introduce a duty on healthcare providers to be honest with patients and their families when things go wrong.Patients’ rights campaigners said the so-called Duty of Candour should be known as “Robbie’s Law” in honour of 10-year-old Robbie Powell who was killed in 1990 by a treatable condition that doctors missed.The UK Government this week committed itself to the legal duty in its response to the NHS Future Forum report which sets out how the health service in England will be modernised in the future.

BRICK by BRICK

Maybe, just maybe, justice?

In the distant future?

Should all doctors be empowered to make unilateral decisions about end-of-life treatment

See also

End-of-life row toddler moved to US

Website pulls together global information on patient safety, quality care

THANK GOD!

This blog, I guess, is now redundant!

Isn't it?

Regional Clinical Services Road Map

Blogs, such as this one with its links, could be a ready source of public input!

How are(n't) health services delivered in this or any other region?


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There isn't any flaw in this plan, is there?
Tunnel vision, I hope not!

Clinical Services Roadmap On the web



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End-of-life row toddler moved to US

Parents of a terminally ill Canadian boy have transferred him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court ruled doctors could remove a breathing tube keeping him alive.

"Baby Joseph" headed to US with help of Priests for Life and Catholic Hospital in Missouri



Baby Joseph's Struggle a Teaching Moment On The Value Of Life



Doctors Hope Treatment Will Give Baby Joseph The Gift Of More Time
March 23, 2011

Pathologist stripped of his medical licence

A perfect, sad, example of the effectiveness of the current system of self regulation that serves the medical profession?

A regulatory body that consistently looked the other way?

Google for more information!

Medical records at the click of a mouse

Patients check laboratory results, review prescriptions, see ultrasound images and connect with physicians.

Now we need a definition for the word "patient" when used in this context.
parent?
doctor?
nurse?
pharmacist?
insurance agent?
neighbor?
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Much-delayed inquiry into boy’s death

Robbie Powell 1990 Swansea death inquiry criticised

A leading Welsh Conservative says plans for an independent investigation into a 10-year-old boy's death 20 years ago do not go far enough.

This travesty could not happen in Canada!

Could it?

Checklists cut surgery deaths

Surprise - Surprise

Wide-Reaching Checklist Improves Surgery

Making a list and checking it twice -- before and after surgery -- appears to reduce complications, including deaths, researchers have found.

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law and the Need for a Statutory Duty of Candour - October 14th, 2010

The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations, which came into force in April 2010, provide for a statutory duty on healthcare providers to report incidents which harm patients to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).

AvMA’s report states that, “everyone needs to understand that it is simply unacceptable to allow dishonesty over medical accidents. Sending the message that cover ups may be tolerated (as the current arrangements do) can in no way support an open and fair culture.”

Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'

PROPOSAL FOR A

LEGAL DUTY OF CANDOUR IN HEALTHCARE