Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Sep, 2017 10:46 AM
The Ontario government has introduced a new bill it says will improve transparency in the province's health care system. The wide-ranging changes would amend 10 existing pieces of legislation if passed. Here are the key changes:
Mandatory disclosure of any payments pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers make to health care professionals.
Granting paramedics the ability to transport patients to non-hospital settings, like a mental health facility, following a 911 call.
New enforcement tools that would include higher fines and change the safety inspection program for the province's long-term care homes.
Clear regulations to ease public health enforcement of recreational water facilities like splash pads and wading pools and personal service settings like barber shops, tattoo parlours and nail salons.
A new licensing regime for community health facilities which operate medical radiation devices like X-rays, CT scanners and ultrasound machines.
New regulations for diagnostic medical sonographers who operate ultrasound machines.
TORONTO — Uber has rolled out an in-app option for riders to tip their driver in five Canadian cities and plans to implement the feature across Canada and the U.S at the end of July.
Residents of more than 1,800 properties in central British Columbia have been told they may have to leave with just moments notice as a wind-fanned wildfire grows closer.
Prime Minister Modi also had a brief chat with US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron.
VICTORIA — The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved a charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm against an RCMP officer arising from a scooter pursuit on Vancouver Island.
The steep political mountain facing John Horgan's minority government in British Columbia was apparent in the key appointments he made to his inner circle of close advisers, say political observers.
