Reading Time: 4 minutes While we wait for science to put a stop to COVID-19, we can all do our part in the simplest of ways
Author: Susan Martinuk
Susan Martinuk is a Vancouver-based research consultant, and former researcher in reproductive technologies and infertility. In 1990, she and her colleagues achieved a world-first medical breakthrough—the first to visualize and record the process of human ovulation. From 2010 to 2012, Susan carried out the first-ever study on access to, and utilization of, PET (positron emission tomography) imaging in cancer care in Canada.
Ottawa’s response to pandemic rooted in politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Decisions made at the national level have not been driven by science, but by politics and a deference to WHO and China
Federal government failed to prepare for pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a difference between what Ottawa says about its preparedness and the reality. The results in the face of COVID-19 could be tragic
Ottawa doing too little to protect Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes For weeks, the government told us that we’re prepared for COVID-19. Its early actions demonstrated something entirely different
Canada mishandling mental illness crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thousands of patients are on wait lists. Meanwhile, the human and economic costs of mental illness keep rising
The grim reality of Canada’s medicare is in the details
Reading Time: 4 minutes Idyllic descriptions of medicare do not fairly represent the challenging realities that are the day-to-day experiences of many Canadians
Patients deserve access to timely medical care
Reading Time: 4 minutes The B.C. government’s claim in the court challenge to medicare that waiting lists don’t harm patients is nothing short of ridiculous