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No nurses in Faro, Yukon, prompts month-long closure of health centre
The health centre in Faro, Yukon, will be closed for a month starting Aug. 6 due to staff shortages, with a reopening date of Sept. 5. There will be no nurses in the community during this period, the Department of Health and Social Services said. In a post to social media, the department said a Yukon emergency medical services (EMS) primary care paramedic will be stationed in Faro for emergency coverage. The post urges people to call 911 for emergencies or 811 for non-emergency health questions. The temporary closure comes on the heels of the health centre's service being reduced on July 21 until Aug. 6. CBC has reached out to Health and Social Services for more information about the closure. Mayor Jack Bowers said the news of the closure has many Faro residents "quite concerned." "We've got an older community," Bowers said. "Our demographics are a higher percentage of older people in the community. Some of them require daily assistance with their medication and services that, you know, I'm not quite sure how that will work out for folks." Bowers said if services are needed that can't be provided by the primary care paramedic stationed in the community, the next-closest health centres are in Ross River, 72 kilometres away, or Carmacks, 181 kilometres away. Bowers said in the event of an emergency, people will be better off going to Carmacks, which is closer to Whitehorse and its hospital — but that comes with a few concerns as well. "There's many in the community that don't have the ability to drive," Bowers said. "The other part of that is if you've got ongoing health conditions, your medical files are all in Faro — and so the nurse in Carmacks or Ross River is not going to know your background or have easy access to that information." Bowers said the town members of the community have vowed to step up to help each other out in any capacity they can, including providing rides to Carmacks or Whitehorse if needed. "We have each other's backs," he said. "If there's anything that any of us can do to help those who are in need ... please just ask. We'll step up."
CBC
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- CBC
Ontario spends $89M to make long-term care program for seniors permanent
The Ontario provincial government is spending $89 million to make the community paramedicine for long-term care (CPLTC) program permanent. The program first launched provincewide in 2020 and provides 24/7 aid to seniors requiring non-emergency medical support like routine diagnostics, the government said in a news release Tuesday. Community paramedics can ease the burden of long hospital wait times by keeping seniors out of hospital and preventing medical conditions from escalating, the news release said. The government says the additional funds will also help expand the program to First Nations communities, including to a newly certified paramedic service by the Independent First Nations Alliance. "We're ensuring that seniors — including those in northern and remote First Nations — can receive the care they need, right in their own homes," Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford said in the news release. The program has served over 81,000 people since its launch, according to the news release. People are eligible for CPLTC if they are:
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- CTV News
29 cases of parasitic infection in Saskatoon Farm outbreak: AHS
Alberta Health Services is continuing to investigate the source of a gastrointestinal outbreak at the Saskatoon Farm's restaurant in July. (File) Alberta Health Services says there are now nearly 30 cases of a serious parasitic infection in connection with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at a restaurant at a southern Alberta business last month. AHS says as of Aug. 1, there are 49 probable cases of E. coli among customers who ate at the Saskatoon Farm, east of Okotoks, between July 1 and 18. The agency says among those patients, there have been 29 cases of Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) infections. One person remains in hospital in connection with the outbreak while two other patients have been released. According to Health Canada, E. histolytica is a worldwide pathogen and the second leading cause of parasitic death. 'It infects an estimated 500 million people per year, causes liver abscess and colitis in 50 million, and results in death of an estimated 40,000-100,000 individuals annually,' the government's website says. Infections are more common in tropical and subtropical areas, such as Mexico, South and West Africa, western South America and South Asia, Health Canada says. Saskatoon Farm restaurant remains closed According to the latest inspection report of the restaurant at Saskatoon Farm, which was conducted on July 29, AHS said two violations were found. Those included the presence of pests in the restaurant and 'a practice or condition at this food establishment is creating a nuisance.' Officials said a live mouse was seen in the Saskatoon Farm bakery at the time of the inspection. No further information was provided by AHS about the 'nuisance' present at the business.
