Tag: health

Record $105 Million donation to Trillium Health Partners

TORONTO – It is the largest donation to help build the largest hospital in Canadian history. The Trillium Health Partners (THP) announced the $105 Million donation from the Peter Gilgan Foundation in a press release (February 15). The historic donation will help expand and redevelop facilities at two of THP’s three locations, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre.

Ontario Nurses’ Union secures “retention bonus” for front-line nurses

TORONTO – With less than four months until the Provincial election, the Ford Government agrees to pay $5,000 to Ontario’s front-line nurses in publicly funded settings. The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) confirmed this in a statement (February 11), that said its president, Cathryn Hoy had met with Premier Ford and “negotiated a good-faith retention bonus for all front-line nurses in publicly-funded facilities”.

Un sistema di sanità “socialista”? La California ci prova

“Bisogna ricordare che anche il Medicare fu etichettato radicale. Fu chiamato socialismo. … le stesse aziende, la American Medical Association furono contrarie. Da notare anche che queste battaglie furono combattute e alla fine vinte”. Così Ash Kalra (nella foto, tratta dal suo profilo Facebook), membro dell’Assemblea della California, mentre canta le lodi della bozza di legge A.B. 1400 (CalCare) che offrirebbe sanità a tutti i californiani. Cambierebbe il concetto di sanità come privilegio convertendolo a un diritto umano. 

বিশ্বের সেরা নতুন ভবন’ হিসেবে পুরষ্কার পেলো বাংলাদেশের হাসপাতাল

 (Shomporko সম্পর্ক) বিশ্বের সেরা নতুন ভবন’ হিসেবে রয়েল ইনস্টিটিউট অব ব্রিটিশ আর্কিটেক্টস (রিবা) আন্তর্জাতিক পুরস্কার পেলো বাংলাদেশের সাতক্ষীরার শ্যামনগর উপজেলার ফ্রেন্ডশিপ হাসপাতাল। মঙ্গলবার এ পুরস্কার ঘোষণা করা হয়েছে বলে জানিয়েছে বিবিসি। … Read More in Shomporko >>>