London Free Press
A surge of measles cases on London’s doorstep has led to the first case of the highly infectious disease in Middlesex-London. The case reported Monday by the Middlesex-London Health Unit comes after several reports of measles exposure in London and Strathroy since late January. “The individual was likely exposed while visiting a neighbouring jurisdiction,” the […]
London Free Press
London Health Sciences Centre is changing its visiting policies at Children’s Hospital and its Women’s Care program in response to a surge of measles cases in the London region. The hospital said Friday it is restricting the number of people who can accompany patients, screening parents and caregivers and requiring proof of measles immunity. The […]
London Free Press
A London surgeon has resigned from practising medicine in Ontario and ordered to pay $6,000 in legal costs to the regulator after treating three patients who were family members or close friends.   The Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal, the disciplinary arm of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, found Robert Richards […]
London Free Press
More than 100 people braved blowing snow and frigid temperatures Saturday morning for the chance to sign up for a family doctor in London, a city with 71,000 people who don’t have one. As of 9:05 a.m., five minutes after doors opened to Grow Family Health at 320 Adelaide St. S., dozens of people were […]