Close X
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
ADVT 
National

Proposed Ontario health care transparency changes

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Sep, 2017 10:46 AM
  • Proposed Ontario health care transparency changes
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.

MORE National ARTICLES

NRIs Who Harass, Desert Their Wives May Get Their Passports Cancelled

NRIs Who Harass, Desert Their Wives May Get Their Passports Cancelled
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi have taken up the cause of Indian wives deserted by NRI men.

NRIs Who Harass, Desert Their Wives May Get Their Passports Cancelled

Crews Hope To Recover Body Of Man Killed After Fall Into Crevasse Near Whistler

Crews Hope To Recover Body Of Man Killed After Fall Into Crevasse Near Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. — RCMP in Whistler, B.C., say efforts will continue Monday to recover the body of a man who died while on a day hike near the resort municipality.

Crews Hope To Recover Body Of Man Killed After Fall Into Crevasse Near Whistler

India becomes fastest growing market for Brand USA, too

India becomes fastest growing market for Brand USA, too
The Indian outbound traveller is now a much-coveted commodity around the world, as the country's booming middle class seeks new destinations and emerges as a key market.

India becomes fastest growing market for Brand USA, too

Victim Laughed At Shooter Before Being Shot Inside Busy Toronto Restaurant

Victim Laughed At Shooter Before Being Shot Inside Busy Toronto Restaurant
TORONTO — A Toronto restaurant owner says a man who was fatally shot at his establishment over the weekend laughed at his attacker immediately before bullets were fired.

Victim Laughed At Shooter Before Being Shot Inside Busy Toronto Restaurant

PM Trudeau Says He Sent A Letter To Aung San Suu Kyi On Violence Against Rohingya Muslims

PM Trudeau Says He Sent A Letter To Aung San Suu Kyi On Violence Against Rohingya Muslims
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has once again reached out to Aung San Suu Kyi about the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

PM Trudeau Says He Sent A Letter To Aung San Suu Kyi On Violence Against Rohingya Muslims

Sirsa Dera Violence: Honeypreet Tops Police's Most Wanted List

Sirsa Dera Violence: Honeypreet Tops Police's Most Wanted List
The Haryana Police on Monday released a list of the most wanted people for the violence by Dera Sacha Sauda sect followers last month. Sect Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's close aide Honeypreet Kaur tops the list.

Sirsa Dera Violence: Honeypreet Tops Police's Most Wanted List