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.
Thousands of people who rushed out of their homes as a wildfire neared Williams Lake are being allowed to return to the Interior British Columbia city, but with a warning that they could be forced to leave again.
U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes says Kevin Kerfoot, 53, of Surrey organized an operation smuggle 41 kilograms of cocaine to Canada from Washington state in 2005.
KENORA, Ont. — Canada is pleased with a decision by the United States to drop a planned border adjustment tax and is ready to work on an improved free trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
REGINA — Canadian Tire has apologized after an Indigenous man was physically removed from one of the retail chain's Regina stores when he was accused of stealing.
