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 — A Conservative member of the Ontario legislature is apologizing to Premier Kathleen Wynne for comments made in a radio interview after the premier's lawyers warned he could face a defamation lawsuit.
President Donald Trump's threat to end protections for those who entered the U.S. illegally as children could spark a new wave of immigration and asylum requests, some analysts warn.
KELOWNA, B.C. — Justin Trudeau got a small taste of the kind of grief his backbenchers have been getting over the government's plan to end what it calls unfair tax advantages for wealthy small business owners.
FALMOUTH, N.S. — People living near a Nova Scotia home being swallowed by a large sinkhole say they are feeling jittery as they await answers on why the ground opened up — and whether other houses might be at risk.
