Dale McMurchy

Health care researcher and independent consultant

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

"Canada is not broken, but health care lurches from crisis to crisis, unable to right itself. It would be a big win were Team Canada to set its sights on decluttering health-care federalism — call it the chaos dividend. " Steven Lewis https://t.co/w6faA7XdCl

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

"Canadian woman stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, she was lucky https://t.co/0AqCrTr3Uw

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

This ain’t Ignatieff. And it sure ain’t Trudeau. https://t.co/b0NweCWcF1

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. Dying is easy. Math is hard.

“The most patriotic thing you can do for your country is your homework.”

This is both funny and true:

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

Re the administration of the US health care system: "It takes a huge bureaucracy to administer this grotesquerie. It is quite possibly the most expensively useless enterprise in world."
https://t.co/jQQGugDp5k

[Alliance for Healthier Communities @AllianceON]

#HarmReduction and supervised consumption are evidence-informed approaches to mental health and addictions care, and part of the continuum of comprehensive primary health care. Our statement on closures of CTS sites across Ontario: https://t.co/bLnIhH0sxi

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

The Ontario government’s decision to shut down supervised consumption sites runs counter to the expert opinion it sought, by @Jane_Gerster https://t.co/EQ6UdvyLCC via @cbcnews @CBCQueensPark #HarmReduction #ToxicDrugCrisis

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

The Ford government gets it wrong on drugs. We know supervised consumption sites save lives: @TorontoStar editorial https://t.co/l5AA9j4nue #HarmReduction #ToxicDrugCrisis

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

PEI faculty of medicine shouldn't just be a medical school. https://t.co/SAhCdJgGcX by Steven Lewis @DrIvyBourgeault @dalemcmurchy

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

ERs are closing, millions of Ontarians are without a doctor, shelters are at capacity, yet the gov’t is choosing to spend a quarter of a billion to fast-track beer sales.

This is Ford’s priority…

#ONpoli

https://t.co/W9fzCvHwi0

[Derek Franks @Derek_a_Franks]

557 Americans were killed by C0VlD last week. It’s the 42nd straight week with 500+ deaths.

While transmission is currently lower, we’ll have an even harder time identifying when things get really bad again now that hospitals are no longer required to report C0VlD data.

[🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇯🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YYCCowboy]

**NEW** As confirmed by multiple sources, Peter Lougheed Hospital's NICU Unit currently has 2 COVID-19 positive preeme's. Masking requirements have been put back in place for the NICU Unit. /4

[𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] @jvipondmd]

how is this even remotely acceptable in a health care system?
This failure was predictable, therefore preventable.

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

Steven Lewis: Canada needs primary care manifesto to fix health system https://t.co/LoWBrxpJYg

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

All Canadians need access to high quality primary care. "It’s time for everyone to step up, have the difficult conversations, take innovative risks and develop the system Canadians deserve." https://t.co/wcd9zI6mxu

[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

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[Dale McMurchy @dalemcmurchy]

BTNX rapid Covid tests lack of effectiveness withheld. https://t.co/Zrv3hxvkCK

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

The week ending Oct 14/23:

About 9% of ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients (average epidemic to date: 12%)

About 21% of hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients (average epidemic to date: 7%)

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

Estimated numbers of healthcare professionals with COVID-19, week ending Oct 14/23:

CAN 60,477
NL 1,016
PEI 298
NS 1,966
NB 1,481
QC 14,013
ON 21,977
MB 2,329
SK 1,986
AB 7,697
BC 7,430
YK, NWT, NUN 141

This is professionals only--not PSWs, non-professional workforce.

[The Tyee @TheTyee]

DULF’s study, published last week, reports zero overdoses caused by DULF substances and a 35% reduction in all overdoses during the year.

https://t.co/6qURFOtcmp