'Stillborn' baby ALIVE in morgue

Mother finds 'stillborn' baby ALIVE in morgue 12 hours after she was pronounced dead

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So its not just some of our doctors and midwifes who are brain dead, they have them in other countries as well

Stillborn Baby Found Alive in Morgue

Poor hospital cleaning revealed as major problem

It's difficult to change habits learned from practical experience over a long period of time.

Why would  a surgical team, when they probably looked decently presentable, want to wash up before a messy operation. The obvious time for washing up was after the operation that covered them with blood and other disgusting matter.

Why waste money cleaning something that looks clean?

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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

Why getting sick at a hospital means you need an ambulance

Unbelievable!

Yes it is unbelievable, but sadly it's true.

Infection transmission in hospital

When cameras are watching, more doctors wash up

WOW

A new study

Health at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicator

"QUALITY AND ACCESS TO CARE

Canada’s survival rates for breast and colorectal cancer are among the highest in the OECD. Canada also

does well in primary care, preventing costly hospital admissions from chronic conditions such as asthma

and uncontrolled diabetes. High in-hospital adverse events and long waiting times are a concern."

See CTV article as well.

International comparisons shed light on Canada’s health system

Software to help improve the care of people with dementia

"Portrait consists of interactive multimedia presentations that contain brief biographical and personal information relevant to a particular person with dementia. This helps busy care staff working with that individual to learn about his or her past in a relatively short time, and enables them to improve the quality of care they deliver."

see also BBC article

Who is a nurse and who isn’t

Nova Scotia’s nurses change uniform to solve identity crisis

Isn't a hospital worker a hospital worker?

C. difficile

Kingston General Hospital declared a facility-wide

C. difficile outbreak Tuesday afternoon.

Hospital health care is far riskier than flying?

GENEVA—Millions of people die each year from medical errors and infections linked to health care and going into hospital is far riskier than flying, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.

Reassuring, isn't it?