Joanna Frketich
Health Reporter at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
Health Reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. Send story ideas to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Joanna Frketich
A new class of antibiotics has potentially been discovered for the first time in 30 years, and it was found in the researcher’s own backyard in Hamilton. “We’re in desperate need — so our discovery, put in that context, becomes pretty significant,” said Gerry Wright, who led the research team from McMaster University.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Joanna Frketich
A private clinic that pays up to $100 for plasma donations has opened in Hamilton despite an attempt by city councillors to stop it. About 300 donations have been made at Grifols Hamilton since it opened on March 10 at 2255 Barton St. E. after receiving licensing through Health Canada. “The Hamilton centre has seen growing interest from local donors since opening its doors in the community,” Spanish health-care company Grifols said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Joanna Frketich
Hamilton’s largest hospital network is short about $40 million and has been using commercial operating lines of credit. It is the fourth year in a row Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has had a projected deficit on its roughly $1.6-billion budget at the end of the fiscal year on March 31. “Like most Ontario hospitals, Hamilton Health Sciences is facing a rising demand for care and higher costs,” HHS said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Joanna Frketich
Hamilton’s largest hospital network is short about $40 million and has been using commercial operating lines of credit. It is the fourth year in a row Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has had a projected deficit on its roughly $1.6-billion budget at the end of the fiscal year on March 31. “Like most Ontario hospitals, Hamilton Health Sciences is facing a rising demand for care and higher costs,” HHS said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Joanna Frketich
Nabil El-Ahmed loved his job at the City of Hamilton and took so much pride in what he did at public works that he would point out to his kids the potholes he’d filled, the expressway he’d resurfaced and the snow he’d cleared. He was always careful on the job during his more than 20 years as a heavy equipment operator and later a supervisor, his son Ibrahim El-Ahmed told The Spectator.
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