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Today's vote: Should binding arbitration be entrenched for physicians?
We reported this weekend that the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association is floating an interesting proposal: it would give up the right to strike in return for having binding arbitration put in place for resolving physicians’ disputes with the provincial government.
The move comes as doctors vote on whether to accept or reject a government offer, and amid a particularly difficult bargaining round that has triggered a round of resignations from salaried specialists. Through it all, the government has refused to turn the matter over to binding arbitration.
What do you think?
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Today's poll: Did Eastern Health play fair with the urology shortage?
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Rising concern about rising HIV/AIDS numbers
Do you think HIV/AIDS is a disease on the wane? You’d be wrong. New numbers in fact show that the number of cases in Canada has risen to 1982 levels, when professionals were still trying to figure out what HIV was. That said, AIDS is no longer the life-threatening illness that it once was, in large part because of improved treatments.
However, professionals are worried about a complacency about risk … and the numbers that seem be bearing that out.
To get a sense of what’s happening, both across the country and in Newfoundland and Labrador, Here & Now’s Debbie Cooper spoke with Christopher Pickard, executive director of the AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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How much confidence to you have in Eastern Health's efforts to improve lab quality?
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Vitamin D: the vitamin you probably need, even in summer
You’ve likely heard that many Canadians have insufficient amounts of Vitamin D. But how much do you need, and how much is too much? This feature lays out the details … and there are a lot of them. * (Canadian Press photo) *
