Dr. Brady Bouchard
@drbouchard.ca
Rural Family Doc, Emerg and Addictions. Prov. EM Addictions Lead @usask. #housingishealthcare. Tweets my own. X: @bradybouchard
So proud of Canada! https://apple.news/A65gtka99QbC2oWROoDpSyA
Canada will recognize Palestine in September, Mark Carney says — Toronto Star
The move comes amid increasing international pressure and outcry over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
So proud of Canada! https://apple.news/A65gtka99QbC2oWROoDpSyA
www.cbc.ca/player/play/... Involuntary treatment without medical evidence of benefit is just "jail". I'd respect you more if you were just honest about it: "we want to jail people with severe substance use disorders because we don't like seeing them".
Poilievre pitches letting judges order mandatory addictions treatment
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, speaking in Richmond, B.C., on Saturday, said that a Conservative government would let judges order ‘treatment as an alternative to prison’ in cases of minor, non...
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April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
www.cbc.ca/player/play/... Involuntary treatment without medical evidence of benefit is just "jail". I'd respect you more if you were just honest about it: "we want to jail people with severe substance use disorders because we don't like seeing them".
As an addictions physician, the management of presumed opioid use disorder in E09 of #ThePitt is absolutely appalling. Full of judgement, bias, and deception.
March 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
As an addictions physician, the management of presumed opioid use disorder in E09 of #ThePitt is absolutely appalling. Full of judgement, bias, and deception.
In theory I agree with this - private NP clinics should be a no-go. But if designed inappropriately, this could easily mean the death of primary care family medicine in Canada. I'm extremely nervous. #cdnpoli #med www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Public health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners and midwives in 2026 | CBC News
Provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives starting next year, federal Health Minister Mark Holland announced on Friday.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In theory I agree with this - private NP clinics should be a no-go. But if designed inappropriately, this could easily mean the death of primary care family medicine in Canada. I'm extremely nervous. #cdnpoli #med www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by Dr. Brady Bouchard
Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
January 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Report in NEJM describing the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
Scary stuff.
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Another innovative approach for #familymedicine #cdnpoli
B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about 'crazy' plan to recruit doctors — The Canadian Press
A British Columbia community's
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December 21, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Another innovative approach for #familymedicine #cdnpoli
Reposted by Dr. Brady Bouchard
I turned my rant
(about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse)
into an oped at Healthy Debate
healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...
(about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse)
into an oped at Healthy Debate
healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...
December 18, 2024 at 5:45 AM
I turned my rant
(about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse)
into an oped at Healthy Debate
healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...
(about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse)
into an oped at Healthy Debate
healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...
Retention is the key to HHR / physician recruitment. If we don't focus on retention first (and what's causing physicians to leave), recruiting is a fool's game. #skpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxBg...
FULL EPISODE | Retention - Why is it the Key to Recruitment | S05-E05
YouTube video by Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health
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December 5, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Retention is the key to HHR / physician recruitment. If we don't focus on retention first (and what's causing physicians to leave), recruiting is a fool's game. #skpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxBg...
Most Canadians are not aware there is yet another class of opioids, nitazenes, circulating in the illicit supply. These overdoses wouldn’t happen if we had legal, regulated supply. #cdnpoli
After his teenage son died from a fake pill, a Montreal father warns overdose can happen to anyone — The Globe and Mail
Christian Boivin’s grief for 15-year-old Mathis and pleas for change shine a light on the increasingly contaminated illicit drug supply
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November 23, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Most Canadians are not aware there is yet another class of opioids, nitazenes, circulating in the illicit supply. These overdoses wouldn’t happen if we had legal, regulated supply. #cdnpoli
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Pierre Poilievre would represent Canada terribly on the world stage
There’s an inverse relationship between Canadian pride and favourability of Pierre Poilievre. The Conservative Party leader is only able to appeal to people by criticizing and talking down Canada, the country we love.
There’s an inverse relationship between Canadian pride and favourability of Pierre Poilievre. The Conservative Party leader is only able to appeal to people by criticizing and talking down Canada, the country we love.
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Pierre Poilievre would represent Canada terribly on the world stage
There’s an inverse relationship between Canadian pride and favourability of Pierre Poilievre. The Conservative Party leader is only able to appeal to people by criticizing and talking down Canada, the country we love.
There’s an inverse relationship between Canadian pride and favourability of Pierre Poilievre. The Conservative Party leader is only able to appeal to people by criticizing and talking down Canada, the country we love.
Reposted by Dr. Brady Bouchard
A resolution put forward to UN security council called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" and separately demanded the release of hostages.
Only the US voted against the resolution, using its veto power as a permanent council member to block it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Only the US voted against the resolution, using its veto power as a permanent council member to block it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution as Hamas rules out hostage deal until war ends
The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for again blocking international action aimed at halting Israel's war w...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
A resolution put forward to UN security council called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" and separately demanded the release of hostages.
Only the US voted against the resolution, using its veto power as a permanent council member to block it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Only the US voted against the resolution, using its veto power as a permanent council member to block it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...