Global News BC: New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9870907/new-study-rural-bc-health-care/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCRuralhealthnetwork #BCRuralHealthCare #BCdoctorshortage #RuralHealthCare #BChealthcare #AdrianDix #BCDoctors #Health

Whiskey is for drinking ; water is for fighting over. #NavajoNation
#medmastodon #ruralhealthcare
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-arizona-stands-between-tribes-and-their-water-squeezed

Great advocacy by Health Consumers Tasmania community led health reform. The key points in their letter to the Tasmanian Premier reflect the minimum requirement for reform of our health care system. https://www.croakey.org/listen-to-communities-they-have-many-insights-to-drive-health-reform/ #ruralhealth #HealthForAll @RRH_journal @WHO @RRH_journal #ruralhealth #ruralhealthcare #HealthForAll

@AskPippa #SRPC2022 #RuralAndRemote had vaccination and mask requirement.

Rural Docs understand how precious and limited the #RuralHealthcare workforce is.

“The mayor of the District of #Elkford, B.C., is calling out the provincial government and his health authority over the the “temporary” closure of the community’s emergency room, which has now stretched on for more than a year.

nearest #emergency department that’s open is in Sparwood… Their emergency department is open until 7 p.m., so if you have an emergency past seven, the nearest facility is Fernie, and that’s an hour away.” #RuralHealthcare

https://globalnews.ca/news/9422641/elkford-hospital-emergency-room-closure/

“The current clinic almost closed last year, after the main physician warned the health authority she was working unsustainable hours to try to make the clinic financially viable and could not afford to renew the lease come May 31.

Island Health reached an 11th-hour deal with doctors at the #Ucluelet Medical Clinic and the landlord to keep the doors open for 18 months until a long-term solution could be found.” #RuralHealthcare

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/island-health-opens-bids-for-new-ucluelet-primary-care-clinic-6387404

Today I juggle being a nurse &being a parent caregiver. Thankful for virtual options for my child’s care team during my lunch break. With the Ontario Dec 1 billing changes I wonder if this will be the last one? Then we will go back to driving 2 hours each way for a 1 hr meeting. #RuralHealthcare #Rural #NurseMastodon #NurseTadon #ParentCaregiver #EssentialCaregiving #ChildrensHospital