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B.C. mulls top-dollar health centres for foreigners VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he is considering selling health-care services to offshore patients in the same way the province markets higher education to foreign students. Falcon says he wants to open centres of health excellence in British Columbia that offer me... Tuesday , March 09, 2010 Superbug MRSA on rise in Canadian hospitals as well as in community, study finds TORONTO - There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases of Canadians becoming infected or colonized by the superbug MRSA since 1995, both in hospitals and within the community, a study has found. Researchers who conduct national surveillance of infectious diseases found that be... Tuesday , March 09, 2010 Family of Quebec woman calls for public inquiry into hospital death MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died after a four-day wait in the corrdor of a Montreal emergency ward wants a public inquiry into the state of Quebec’s health-care system. Mariette Fournier died last month after waiting for a bed at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. The 86-y... Tuesday , March 09, 2010 Want to reduce amount of flu in adults? Vaccinate kids, study shows TORONTO - A landmark study looking at how to limit the spread of influenza has shown what experts have long believed but hadn’t until now proved: Giving flu shots to kids helps protect everyone in a community from the virus. The study, led by Dr. Mark Loeb of McMaster University in Hamilto... Tuesday , March 09, 2010 Chiropractors fear Saskatchewan could cut coverage in upcoming budget REGINA - Saskatchewan chiropractors say they fear the government is on the verge of delisting their services in the upcoming provincial budget. Shane Taylor, head of the chiropractors association, says he believes the government is likely to cut funding because it wants to save money. But... Tuesday , March 09, 2010
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