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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

Slaying the #healthcare zombie
🧐"Many #doctors #work up to 100 hours per week, more than double the 45-hour limit stipulated under the #labourlaw, largely due to high #patient #volumes under #Thailand's 30-baht #universalhealthcare #scheme.. 455 doctors left the #public sector each year on average. With abt 24,000 doctors under the ministry, one doctor in the #publichealth #system serves approximately 2,000 people -- double the #WHO's recommended ratio"
#UHC #reform
bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

Bangkok Post · Slaying the healthcare zombieBy Apinya Wipatayotin
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David Todd McCarty

UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR DOCTORS:

There’s no possible way you could any more arrogant than we already think you are, so you might as well just lean into it. Feel free to be the gods you believe yourselves to be. But with that great power, you also have the room to be magnanimous and kind. Go ahead and lord it over we plebeians, undeserved though it may be, but for God’s sake, have a little compassion, and act like a human being. We’re not cattle, and you’re no vet.

#Doctors#Medicine
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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Now Toronto: Struggling to find a Black doctor? That’s about to change with Black Physicians of Canada’s new database. “Black Physicians of Canada (BPC), a nationwide community network that supports Black doctors and medical trainees, was one of the recipients of the Novartis Health Equity Initiative in 2024, and plans to create a public-facing, culturally sensitive database of Black […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/07/now-toronto-struggling-to-find-a-black-doctor-thats-about-to-change-with-black-physicians-of-canadas-new-database/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Now Toronto: Struggling to find a Black doctor? That’s about to change with Black Physicians of Canada’s new database | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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#bipoc#Canada#doctors
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Nonilex

Though scientists debate whether continuous glucose monitors are beneficial for people WITHOUT diabetes, US *#Health* Secy #RFKJr has promoted their use as a precursor to making certain weight-loss drugs available to patients.

The aspiring #Trump #SurgeonGeneral has built her own brand in part by criticizing #doctors, #scientists & government officials for being “bought off” or “corrupt” because of ties to industry.

#ConflictOfInterests#corruption#law
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Politics Canada

Ontario streamlines registration process for U.S. health workers. The rule change means health workers licensed in the U.S. can work here for six months before having to register with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or the College of Nurses of Ontario #ontario #healthcare #nurses #doctors
thestar.com/politics/provincia

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