Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC

Sadly...

Also most of the caregiving of sick family members

Out of the mouths of babes....truth...brutal, unsolicited truth

Declining Population Means Fewer People Left To Die by Sarah Auger, Petra Schulz and Angela Welz

Please read and share. Thank you!
Governments are responding to the toxic drug crisis with "organized abandonment," withdrawing support and leaving people vulnerable to harm, poverty, and death.
From myself, @msthpetra.bsky.social and @kokumsarah.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/heartsal...

Nothing wakes you up faster than the sound of the dog puking.

Wide awake now

Might as well doom scroll

Its always about oil. Fossil fuels will be the end of us. The irony is we will meet our ultimate demise because of our obsession with long dead biomatter.

One can only assume the premise was taken literally as a playbook for this president.

27Feb26 Update Alberta
16: 688 (NDP)
17: 862 (NDP)
18: 956 (NDP)
19: 800 (NDP/UCP)
20: 1,413 (UCP-Lethbridge SCS closed)
21: 1,889 (UCP)
22: 1,778 (UCP)
23: 2,142 (UCP-Red Deer SCS closed)
24: 1,497 (UCP)
25: 1,264 Jan–NOV (UCP-RAH YEG SCS closed Dec)
Total: 13,289 DRUG POISONING DEATHS SINCE 2016

Reason why I dreaded group projects in school. There was always that one person who did not contribute.

The UCP love to spend our money on things that do not benefit actual average Albertans.

You need to be a UCP bro to have the Albertan advantage.

Someone tell me if the provincial property tax increase will completely negate the grocery rebate from the federal government...there seems to be a pattern that the UCP takes extra federal dollars directly from our pockets.

Really enjoy women's hockey and ringette.

When a political party targets populations of patients for discrimination and marginalization within our community....no healthcare provider should support that party.

Our professional obligations are to provide care without prejudice.

I love this

Its not just the NHL...its the feeder levels of hockey below that. The training ground for these behaviors starts early.

Alberta doctors say they haven’t been contacted about ER band-aid plan The spring sitting of Alberta’s legislature began Tuesday, and some Albertans are watching how the government addresses health-care concerns, with growing questions about a plan that was supposed to i...

“We discussed how we’re willing to do it if the resources and terms are correct, but the government has not met with us or done anything. Zero. Nothing.”

This is the opposite of moral leadership...

Canada needs to be a leader in compassionate care.

As a healthcare worker, we have a moral obligation to provide care.

Turning away people from care is not only devastating for the patients...it causes moral distress and injury in healthcare workers.

BPs erupted in cheers! Awesome!!!!

Backcountry ski touring paradise

My classroom for avalanche training

In my career I have provided care to people without any provincial health number...most were visitors of some sort to our country.

The majority of that work went unpaid. My colleagues did the same.

People in need of urgent and emergent care were not turned away.

That is the humanitarian choice.

As our governments in Canada try to denigrate humanities education...many of us working in STEM and ethics know that the humanities are critical.

Lol. Best take I have seen on this development...love the side of sarcasm.

Well our premier does like hanging out at Mar-a-Lago. For sure taking notes.

Danielle Smith's UCP government continues to attack democratic rights.

Judicial independence. Right to strike. Now freedom of the press.

These aren't rights held by judges, teachers, or journalists.

They are Albertans' rights to justice, fair labour, and government accountability.

But watch Canadian conservatives try exactly the same strategy....Alberta's premier is...and some people support this.
Lessons ignored.

Just a Canadian opinion but one that really is a lesson for all democracies. ...us included.... try with all you might to keep from politicizing your judiciary. Make sure that those judges are beholden to the rule of law and not any political party.

mRNA vaccines also provide a solution for immunocompromised individuals who cannot be given live attenuated vaccines. Not supporting and funding future development of mRNA vaccines for these populations is deeply immoral and incompetent.

..just review the history of black death and the waves of bubonic plague. Millions died. Yersinia pestis is treatable with antibiotics.