Letters: Alberta MAID bill not rooted in reality

Does Alberta need 91 MLAs? Vote in our daily poll! Debate on Bill 18 is missing a basic clinical reality. During committee, a neurologist MLA described patients with advanced illness where death is certain – but the timing is not predictable. That’s common in practice. The response was to reduce this to a simple line: […]

No release of blood test results after dental investigation

Some blood-test results have been returned to former patients of Dr. George Chan but the local health unit won’t be releasing details of whether anyone has tested positive for hepatitis B or C, or HIV. “We do not share information related to individual outcomes,” said an email statement attributed to the Medical Officer of Health, […]