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July 10, 2019
TORONTO – The Ontario government’s first “strategic transformation advisor” was abruptly sacked after the Toronto Star revealed his long-time ties to Premier Doug Ford’s former chief of staff, Dean French, who left government two weeks ago amid a cronyism scandal.
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July 10, 2019
MONTREAL – AlayaCare, which enables home healthcare providers to deliver best-in-class services and improve care outcomes, announced that Inovia Capital, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Investissement Québec have invested $51-million, buying $33-million in new equity from AlayaCare plus $18-million of stock from early investors.
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July 10, 2019
MARKHAM, Ont. – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that Britta Lesaux (pictured) has been appointed president and CEO of Philips Canada, succeeding Jeffrey H. Barnes following his retirement. Ms. Lesaux becomes Philips Canada’s first female president and CEO, and will report to the CEO of North America, Vitor Rocha.
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July 10, 2019
SASKATOON – According to a new study by Dr. James Stempien (pictured) and three colleagues, more people are asking to record their own emergency procedures, a self-documentary trend that’s creating controversy among medical staff.
Dr. Stempien is provincial head of emergency medicine in the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The other authors included Taofiq Oyedokun, Andrew Donauer and Shari McKay.
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July 10, 2019
OTTAWA – Health Canada has licensed the MAMMOMAT Revelation, a premium mammography platform from Siemens Healthineers with the new InSpect integrated specimen imaging tool and the new HD Breast Biopsy solution for one-click targeting of suspicious areas. These and other features are designed to expand precision medicine and improve the patient experience.
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July 10, 2019
CORNER BROOK, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador has signed off on a $750 million contract with the Corner Brook Health Partnership consortium to build an acute care hospital on the west coast of the island.
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July 10, 2019
VANCOUVER – WELL Health Technologies Corp., a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the primary healthcare sector, is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced acquisition of Kela Atlantic Inc. (KAI).
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July 10, 2019
OTTAWA – Physicians and physicists at The Ottawa Hospital are preparing to use 3-D virtual reality technology in the operating room to assist with surgical implants for patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
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June 26, 2019
EDMONTON – The Alberta government announced that it has cancelled contracts to construct a $595-million centralized public lab facility next to the University of Alberta’s south campus.
Not revealed by government was the total cost of cancelling the project, the fate of the site or details of how it plans to address outdated medical laboratory machines and infrastructure.
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June 26, 2019
TORONTO – TD announced that applications are open for the 2019 TD Ready Challenge, its annual North American initiative that has a total of 10 grants of $1 million (CDN) each, available to be awarded to ten future-forward organizations offering innovative solutions for a changing world.
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