Science news articles about 'newfoundland and labrador'
Labrador woman waits 6 months for cancer diagnosis
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador has launched an internal investigation last summer but she wasn't told until last month.Campaign for western Labrador dialysis gathering momentum
A Labrador man at the centre of a campaign over the shortage of dialysis machines in Newfoundland and Labrador has returned home from St. John's after successful treatment, but a western Labrador ...No one should die alone, Labrador palliative volunteer says
A woman who sits with patients as they die says Newfoundland and Labrador government officials should recognize they one day may need palliative care.May be difficult to handle all cancer tests, Eastern Health warns
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador may have difficulty arranging for breast cancer samples to be tested elsewhere amid a widening pathologist shortage, a senior official warns.Get chequebook out, doctors tell N.L. over pathologist shortage
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it will launch an aggressive campaign to recruit more pathologists.Don't let cancer inquiry be 'for nought,' judge says
The judge leading Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer inquiry has made a plea for witnesses to step up with advice on how to prevent mistakes in the future.Budget does nothing for home-care dilemma: senior
An elderly St. John's man whose campaign for improved home-care services touched a nerve several months ago says the latest Newfoundland and Labrador budget accomplishes nothing.Forgot to tell minister about cancer test details, ex-deputy says
A former Newfoundland and Labrador deputy health minister has taken responsibility for not sharing important information about flawed cancer tests with a minister.Cancer inquiry questions have precedent, Kennedy insists
Newfoundland and Labrador's justice minister has swung back against critics of his comments on the Cameron inquiry, saying a previous Liberal government raised similar questions about a previous ...Pending law will highlight health-record privacy: Wiseman
New rules governing health records will strengthen Newfoundland and Labrador patients' privacy, the health minister said Tuesday.Looking for solutions to nursing crunch: Eastern Health
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador is meeting with its nurses about what some have called "dire and unacceptable" staffing levels in some units.No curbs on lawyers, Cameron inquiry tells N.L.
The judge running Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer inquiry has dismissed a government application on what inquiry lawyers can ask.Eastern Health still has 'a ways to go' to restore trust: advocate
Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority still has much work to do to restore the public's confidence, a leading advocate for cancer patients says.Little relief in sight for arthritis waiting lists
The five-year waiting time that many Newfoundland and Labrador arthritis patients endure for treatment is unacceptable, a patient says.Premier's office did not see alarm over cancer tests, inquiry told
The office of Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams did not intervene into a broadening cancer testing crisis for months because staff trusted a health authority to manage it properly, an ...
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