Excellent review of xylazine by Dr. Camille Dagenais, EM resident in Ottawa. The bradycardia, hypertension and altered mentation is like a Cushing response, leading to CT head, usually normal. It's xylazine. EM Ottawa

I'm seeing more tick bites in the ER. We need to be cautious. Important reporting by kevin jiang
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Tomorrow across the great province of Ontario.

Tomorrow May 30th. We are the many, they are the few. OntarioHealthCoal'n

This is shocking.

And all Ontario would do is 1) shut down safe-supply, 2) shut down safe-use sites, 3) criminalize small possession, 4) keep detox + rehab unreachable and 5) squander our tax dollars on earlier flooding of alcohol retailers. By Ben Spurr Alyshah Sanmati Hasham
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Dr. Allan Grill as usual provides a patient-centered easy to understand explanation beyond the headlines of the reality of 'derostering' and what it means and what it does not mean. It's a worthwhile read by a really good doctor. Allan Grill

The 4AM ER waiting room is a mix of homelessness, minor chronic medical conditions, addiction, and unmet psychiatric conditions that would intimidate many in the general public. CAEP
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In Premier Ford's Ontario you get what you pay for which is fair enough for the beer, wine and spirits he so covets but not for primary health care. MPP Dr. Shamji says enough - and I am with him. Dr. Adil Shamji 🇨🇦

1186 employees got a staggering average of $12,566 in an annual bonus. Imagine the nerve. The height of left-wing privilege. The right reads the Sun and National Post as truth while 70% of Canadians access CBC monthly.
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We need better publicly funded non-profiteering access in Ontario to MRI, nurse practitioners, family physicians, detox, drug rehab and shelter - not early and more alcohol access to the cost of $1.05 billion. And yes, I too enjoy a cold Ontario brewed beer.

Finally there is a lawmaker standing up for patients.

ER day 1 - important ongoing radicular pain. Day 3 - outpatient MRI, Day 4 - debrief by phone and specialist referral. Canada's publicly funded healthcare system. Bruised but not broken. Worth fighting for.

Expanding alcohol sales without providing the necessary supports to the systems that pick up the pieces is such bad public policy.

#DumpFordNow

Amidst difficulties the ER wait times this morning at University site is 1 hour and Victoria site is 3.5 hours which in context, is very good.

Calls grow for sweeping changes at London Health Sciences Centre lfpress.com/news/local-new… via @lfpress

Withdrawal treatment with benzos + barbs (plus with gabapentin + naltrexone), no detox or no rehab beds is standard. What is not is Ontario adding 8500 new retailers costing $1.05 billion. Plugging holes on a sinking ship. Camille Bains André Picard thestar.com/life/health-we…