Category: Health & Medicine

Life expectancy in Canada continues to decline

TORONTO – Canadians’ life expectancy fell for the third consecutive year in 2022 and more people died from Covid-19 than in any year since the pandemic began, according to a report released on Monday by Statistics Canada (you can consult the whole report by clicking here). The average Canadian life expectancy fell to 81.3 years in 2022, a full year lower than the 82.3 years recorded in 2019. “Life expectancy decreases when there are more deaths, when deaths occur at younger ages, or when a combination of both occurs,” the report explains. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Assistenza sanitaria, Canada maglia nera

TORONTO – Canada maglia nera. La performance del sistema sanitario canadese rispetto a 30 suoi omologhi internazionali lascia molto a desiderare. È quanto emerge dal rapporto del Fraser Institute che mette in luce uno squilibrio tra la qualità delle cure ricevute dai canadesi e la quantità relativamente elevata di denaro che questi spendono per il proprio sistema sanitario. Sebbene il Canada si collochi tra i sistemi sanitari ad accesso universale più costosi dell’OCSE, i suoi risultati in termini di disponibilità e accesso alle risorse sono generalmente inferiori a quelli della media dei paesi OCSE, mentre i suoi risultati in termini di utilizzo delle risorse, qualità e performance clinica sono contrastanti… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Life support for little Indi Gregory interrupted

LONDON – Barring a miracle, the story of Indi Gregory, the 8-month-old baby affected by a serious genetic pathology and hospitalized in an English hospital, is headed for a tragic epilogue: on Saturday the procedures for the detachment of life support machinery began and the little girl was transferred from the Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham to a hospice.  Therefore, the last appeal of the parents – who, after having attempted to take her to Italy to have her treated at the Bambino Gesù hospital (for this purpose, the Italian government had granted citizenship to the child), had asked the English doctors to at least be able to take her home – was also rejected .