Thousands of Canadian women may have died needlessly of breast cancer because of the fallout from two flawed studies on breast screening, according to a group of prominent researchers.In a commentary published today in the Journal of Medical Screenin
PET projects and political tone: How the campaign trail steers politicians away from stark realities
Less than a year after a grim plea for help from the feds, the campaign trail has a decidedly different tone, writes John Gushue. A case in point is a promised PET scanner for Corner Brook, which even the health minister recently said was not necessary.
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The tone of the campaign is rather different from the grim plea the province made last March
Posted: Jan 23, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 28
Corner Brook hospital advocate furious over broken PET scan promise
Gerald Parsons is fuming that the Liberal government is backing away from a promise made when the party was the Official Opposition to provide state-of-the-art multimillion-dollar scanning equipment in the new hospital being built in the city.
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Opposition Liberals committed in 2014 to installing equipment in new hospital but now say there s no need
Posted: Jan 08, 2021 12:12 PM NT | Last Updated: January 8
Gerald Parsons is the co-chair of a Corner Brook committee that advocates for better health-care services on Newfoundland s west coast. (Colleen Connors/CBC)