Toronto docs moving to DUBAI

NO INCOME TAX

No Islamic dress code for women Shoulders & knees covered EXCEPT for bars & beaches.

Alcohol OK in hotels.and at home with alcohol license.

No public "demonstration of affection"

Homosexuality = death

8 Sept.p10: TORONTO SUN: ONTARIO LOSS OF HERD IMMUNITY BECAUSE OF REFUSAL OF PARENTS TO IMMUNIZE

Danger to children up to 6 mths.who have not received normal schedule.

The News Watch: 500 out of 1700 Canadian student nurses fail American nursing exam

tbnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY -- Local nursing students are failing their licensing exam at an alarming rate.
A new College of Nurses exam has been brought in this year from the United States.
And the high failure rate is forcing the Regional Hospital to restructure how they schedule their nursing staff.
Details on the pass-fail rate of nursing students at Lakehead University and Confederation College are unavailable.
But according to data from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing for the first quarter of 2015, the test has a less than 30 per cent pass rate for nursing students from outside the U.S.
The Regional Hospital's Chief Nurse Executive, Rhonda Crocker Ellacott, says the new exam has caused a lot of their new hires to fail.
The hospital has created a unit care aid role, to help the unsuccessful nurses until they can write the exam again.
The vice-president of the Ontario Nurses Association, Anne Clark, says it's an unfair situation for nursing students who have successfully completed four years of schooling, only to then fail a test based on American nursing standards.
(TBT News)

Comment: Ontario Registered Nurses have much more responsibility (NPs allowed to diagnoses,investigate and prescribe).. Only one "MAGNET" accredited hosp in Canada by American Nurses Evaluation Centre: Toronto Mt Sinai (Jan 15,2015). In USA 7% of hospitals have MAGNET status. USA computerized exam obviously has a higher standard in keeping with an increasing independent role of Community Nurse-GPs..

TORONTO & MONTREAL: ROYAL PHILIPS FALL ALERT SYSTEM

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Automatic Access to Help If a Fall Is Detected

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LACK OF SECURITY IN ONTARIO HOSPITALS.

NO CONTROL OF MATERIAL BROUGHT INTO HOSPITALS. UNLIKE USA, NO CONTROL OF PEOPLE ENTERING WARD AREAS.

ONTARIO LIBERAL GOVERMENT CUTS PAYMENTS TO MDs by 4.45% on OCTOBER 1,2015

OMA President’s Update: Government Imposes Further Cuts

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Ontario Medical Association	13:24 (2 hours ago)
to me PRESIDENT’S UPDATE Vol. 20, No.17 September 14, 2015 Government Imposes Further Cuts The Ontario government has informed the OMA that effective October 1, 2015, it will impose an additional estimated $235 million in cuts to physician services payments in order to offset its deliberate underfunding of health care in this province. The Ministry’s plan includes: • An additional 1.3% across the board discount for fee-for-service payments (from 3.15% to 4.45%). •   A further 1% discount on all professional billings in excess of $1 million (in addition to the discount above). •   A series of targeted fee-for-service cuts, including fee adjustments in the areas of diagnostic imaging, point of care laboratory testing, echocardiography, diabetes management, intravitreal injection and pre-operative consultation for low-risk surgery. The government had earlier signaled its intent to impose further cuts to physicians, and the OMA strenuously objected to the government’s plans and approach. The OMA has now received notice from the Ministry that it will move forward on October 1. We have posted the government’s implementation plan in its entirety on our website (https://www.oma.org/Member/Resources/AgreementCentre/). The OMA Economics, Research and Analytics Department is conducting an impact analysis that we will make available to members as soon as possible. I have spoken directly to the leaders of those Sections most affected by the Ministry’s targeted cuts. The Wynne government’s determination to fund the health care needs of Ontarians on the backs of our members marks an ongoing pattern of contempt toward the medical profession and public deception. The OMA is vehemently opposed to these measures, which we consider unfair and unlawful. I will be seeking an urgent meeting with Minister Hoskins to address these matters directly. The OMA has consistently delivered the message to government that we need innovative solutions to tackle the challenges of an aging, growing population. Failing to do so threatens our ability to offer the high-quality patient care Ontarians rightly expect. The government is ignoring this message, instead telling physicians that we must provide care under the constraints of their imposed hard-cap on physician services funding. The OMA Board will meet Wednesday and Thursday this week, and we will provide a more comprehensive update and action plan to members shortly thereafter. Dr. Mike Toth MD(Univ.Western Ont. 1984)  GP AYLMER,ONT. (popn 7,100) OMA President

RESISTANCE OF ONTARIANS TO PAY FOR MEDICAL SERVICES

COMMENT. Ontarians pay fortunes for Sports and Toys but think it political  heresy to pay for medical .
care.. Many Ontarians have OHIP supplemented by Private insurance paid by various levels of Government and Unions. Large sums of money are spend on FISHING inc ICE FISHING;; GOLF  (many Municipal Courses)  HUNTING (BOW & RIFLE); ICE HOCKEY, good pads cost $3000; POWER BOATING;(incl JET SKIS)  SAILING;  SKIING (inc SNOW BOARDS), and  SNOWMOBILES. Low OHIP fees for MDs subsidize Ontarians' playtime.

Ontario MDs still have no contract.

The "poor" get free Dentistry; Drugs; Eye`exams and specs;Orthotics (insoles & shoes).;&  transportation.

Dr A Franklin
Fellowship for Freedom in Medicine(Canada)