The new hospital in Corner Brook, which opened eight months ago, is still not able to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients due to a lack of staff. According to the clinical chief of the provincial cancer care program, there are still two vacancies for radiation oncologists, two vacancies for radiotherapy positions, and a vacancy for a medical physicist and dosimetrist.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2025-02-05
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West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador Region, NL
- Radio-Canada Atlantique
ProActive Wellness Centre's new on demand virtual service connecting N.L. patients with doctors is easing emergency room pressure by offering virtual medical appointments for people without a family doctor for acute ailments. They have clinics in the St. John's region and as far as Clarenville, providing massage therapy, physiotherapy, psychiatry, family doctors and more.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2024-12-04
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Newfoundland and Labrador
- cbc.ca
The Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital in Clarenville is currently without an internal medicine specialist, as two doctors left the region and another started paternity leave leaving the hospital short staffed. Internal medicine is a specialty that is challenging to recruit. The hospital is also facing gaps in pediatrics.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2024-11-20
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Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay Region, NL
- cbc.ca
The construction phase of the new mental health and addictions facility in St. John’s is now complete. The operational phase has begun as staff transition from the Waterford Hospital to the new facility. April is the target for moving patients. The new facility will have 350 staff that includes 29 new positions.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2024-10-18
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Avalon Peninsula Region, NL
- vocm.com
A $50M 20 year-lease contract has been awarded to Marco Group Ltd. for the new Humber Valley-White Bay Community Health Centre in Deer Lake that will consolidate all existing regional health care services. Construction begins this fall with completion in spring 2026. Doctors (5), nurse practitioners (5), and registered and licensed practical nurses have been hired with more recruitment underway.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2024-10-11
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West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador Region, NL
- cbc.ca
The Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay is fully staffed with 16 doctors, alleviating current staffing shortages, primarily due to its 2-year Northern Family Medicine Residency Program that brings in 6 physician residents annually. Future expansions will look at specialties also facing shortages like obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics and psychiatry.
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Health care and social assistance
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Added on 2024-07-27
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West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador Region, NL
- cbc.ca
