Alan Drummond MD
@dralandrummond.bsky.social
Rural Canadian family/emergency physician. Advocate for an improved standard of emergency care for all Canadians. Sommelier (DipWSET). Father of triplets/ sadly a grieving parent.
Primary-care doctors’ improved pay model ‘a game-changer’
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Primary-care doctors’ improved pay model ‘a game-changer’
A new payment model for family doctors in Manitoba has proven effective at retaining and recruiting physicians to the province, with more than 100,000 new patients connected to ongoing care providers....
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November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Primary-care doctors’ improved pay model ‘a game-changer’
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Immobile South Island senior says he waited 8 hours in ER without assistance cheknews.ca/immobile-sou...
Immobile South Island senior says he waited 8 hours in ER without assistance
He's prescribing healthcare workers need a dose of decency while simultaneously calling for a system overhaul.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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How EDs became too busy to see the subtle signs of illness
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How EDs became too busy to see the subtle signs of illness
Every emergency medicine physician has a case that lingers long after the shift ends — the patient who appeared stable, said they felt “a little better,” but ultimately wasn’t ...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How EDs became too busy to see the subtle signs of illness
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'Progress takes time': Port Hardy mayor says discussions underway to address ER hours cheknews.ca/progress-tak...
'Progress takes time': Port Hardy mayor says discussions underway to address ER hours
The District of Port Hardy is pushing back on claims it can reopen the hospital's emergency department (ED), noting that responsibility for hospital staffing lies with Island Health and the province.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Another closure planned for Richards Landing ER www.sootoday.com/local-news/a... via @SooToday
Another closure planned for Richards Landing ER
The closure is once again due to physician shortages
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November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another closure planned for Richards Landing ER www.sootoday.com/local-news/a... via @SooToday
Dawson Creek hospital emergency room to shutter for 10 hours energeticcity.ca/2025/11/05/d...
Dawson Creek hospital emergency room to shutter for 10 hours – Energeticcity.ca
Dawson Creek and District Hospital's emergency department will shutter for the first time in over a month on November 6th.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Dawson Creek hospital emergency room to shutter for 10 hours energeticcity.ca/2025/11/05/d...
Fort Macleod emergency department temporarily closed due to staff shortage www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Fort Macleod emergency department temporarily closed due to staff shortage
Rural emergency rooms continue to struggle with staffing shortages.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Doctor assaulted at HSC on first weekend with around-the-clock police presence
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Doctor assaulted at Health Sciences Centre on first weekend with around-the-clock Winnipeg police presence
A doctor at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre was assaulted on the first weekend of its 24-7 police patrol of the campus. Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Claude Chancy confirmed an on-duty ph...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Doctor assaulted at HSC on first weekend with around-the-clock police presence
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Northern Health emergency rooms close four times in one month energeticcity.ca/2025/11/03/n...
Northern Health emergency rooms close four times in one month – Energeticcity.ca
The Peace River region suffered four Northern Health-operated emergency room closures in October 2025, bringing the total to nearly 40 this year.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Clinic run by suspended plastic surgeon closes
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Clinic run by suspended plastic surgeon closes
The clinic operated by a suspended plastic surgeon has closed amid an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba. Ziesmann Cosmetic Clinic has closed permanently, a staff memb...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Clinic run by suspended plastic surgeon closes
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Reposted by Alan Drummond MD
There will be no quick fix. And due to 4 year election cycles, short-term thinking (promised “fixes”), lack of long-term vision (cathedral thinking), I despair. Same old sam old
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There will be no quick fix. And due to 4 year election cycles, short-term thinking (promised “fixes”), lack of long-term vision (cathedral thinking), I despair. Same old sam old
Nurses relieved as police presence at HSC adult emergency department begins
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Nurses relieved as police presence at HSC adult emergency department begins
Front-line staff in the Health Sciences Centre emergency department are hopeful a 24-7 police presence, which begins Saturday, will help curb the escalation of violence and threats from some patients.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nurses relieved as police presence at HSC adult emergency department begins
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Mission Hospital ER closed over Halloween evening and Saturday vancouversun.com/news/mission... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
Mission Hospital ER closed over Halloween evening and Saturday
Services will be interrupted until Saturday morning as a staffing shortage has struck the hospital again.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Port Hardy mayor says town is not ‘sitting silent’ about its idle ER www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/port-ha... via @CowichanCitizen
Port Hardy mayor says town is not ‘sitting silent’ about its idle ER
‘It’s important to clarify that the District of Port Hardy does not operate the hospital’
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November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The ‘fix’ is a fantasy as dysfunctional health-care system fails Manitobans on multiple fronts
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Opinion: The ‘fix’ is a fantasy as dysfunctional health-care system fails Manitobans on multiple fronts
If you’ve been stuck in a Winnipeg emergency room wondering why you’re waiting longer than ever to see a doctor, you’re not imagining it. New numbers are in, and they paint a grim picture of a health-...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The ‘fix’ is a fantasy as dysfunctional health-care system fails Manitobans on multiple fronts
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New measles exposure in Dawson Creek emergency room energeticcity.ca/2025/10/30/n...
New measles exposure in Dawson Creek emergency room – Energeticcity.ca
Northern Health is warning the public of two new potential measles exposure incidents at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital emergency department and waiting room on October 21st and October 24th.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Born on waitlist: Nova Scotia Health expands program to help babies without doctors
1 in 5 babies in Nova Scotia need newborn clinic for medical care
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1 in 5 babies in Nova Scotia need newborn clinic for medical care
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Nova Scotia Health newborn program expands in Central Zone | CBC News
Nova Scotia's health minister says the province is making headway on ensuring babies are receiving proper health care even though about one in five of the province's newborns need a program designed f...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Born on waitlist: Nova Scotia Health expands program to help babies without doctors
1 in 5 babies in Nova Scotia need newborn clinic for medical care
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1 in 5 babies in Nova Scotia need newborn clinic for medical care
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Violence in the Canadian ER
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ontariosdoctors on Instagram: "Workplace violence against physicians and other health care providers is an unacceptable reality in Ontario’s health-care system.Dr…"
Workplace violence against physicians and other health care providers is an unacceptable reality in Ontario’s health-care system.Dr. Drummond from Perth, ON, explains how front-line health care workers are met with threats, aggression, and sometimes even physical harm.No one should fear for their safety at work. It’s time to protect those who protect us.#stopviolenceinhealthcare #onhealth #ontariodoctors #health
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October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Violence in the Canadian ER
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Gains made on physician shortage, but warning signs loom: Doctors Manitoba
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Gains made on physician shortage, but warning signs loom: Doctors Manitoba
A report by Doctors Manitoba shows significant improvement at reducing the physician shortage, but suggests retirements and high levels of burnout could put it at risk. The organization that speaks fo...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Gains made on physician shortage, but warning signs loom: Doctors Manitoba
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'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Bow Island emergency department reducing hours
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Bow Island emergency department reducing hours
Effective immediately, the Bow Island Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be closed until 5 p.m. on F...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bow Island emergency department reducing hours
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Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department closed due to staffing challenges
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Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department closed due to staffing challenges
Northern Health says Emergency Department services at the Lakes District Hospital in Burns Lake will be unavai...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department closed due to staffing challenges
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Overcapacity HSC emergency department forced to declare ‘surge’
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Overcapacity at Winnipeg's HSC emergency department forced to declare ‘surge’
Health Sciences Centre declared a “surge” of patients at its adult emergency department last week that nurses say was operating at 200 per cent capacity. The declaration prompted some young adults to....
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Overcapacity HSC emergency department forced to declare ‘surge’
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Northern Health closes Chetwynd emergency room energeticcity.ca/2025/10/29/n...
Northern Health closes Chetwynd emergency room – Energeticcity.ca
Northern Health has announced a closure of the Chetwynd General Hospital's emergency room until 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29th.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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SUV drives through ER of Cowichan hospital Saturday night cheknews.ca/suv-drives-t...
SUV drives through ER of Cowichan hospital Saturday night
No injuries have been reported after an SUV crashed through the emergency entrance of the Cowichan District Hospital Saturday night.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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