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Please, Health Canada, do not make vapers return to tobacco!

Dr John's Blog Posted on September 1, 2021 by JohnOystonSeptember 1, 2021
Maria

My friend Maria is an enthusiastic vaper. If I go to her office, she usually will have three vapes on the go. Today, it is a Voopoo with strawberry flavour, a Stlth with Grape Apple Ice and a Favostx with … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, cigarettes, health, maria, medicine, smoking, tobacco, vaping

What the Ontario government has done to physicians…

Dr John's Blog Posted on September 25, 2015 by JohnOystonOctober 20, 2015
Monitor

What the Ontario government has done to physicians is so extraordinarily unfair that it is hard even for physicians to understand what has happened to them. Throughout the long and arduous contract negotiation process the government insisted that it needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged government, health, medicine, OMA, Ontario

“Medicare” must include “pharmacare”

Dr John's Blog Posted on April 21, 2015 by JohnOystonApril 21, 2015

Canadians pride themselves on “Medicare”.  Under the Canada Health Act the provinces and territories are required to provide health care which is: Publicly administered on a non-profit basis by a public authority. Comprehensive: The health care insurance plans must cover … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, drugs, medicare, medications, medicine, pharmacre

Do doctors have to “Park their beliefs at the office door”?

Dr John's Blog Posted on March 30, 2015 by JohnOystonApril 7, 2015

If you are a doctor with strongly held views about contraception and the sanctity of life, how should you treat a patient who comes to you requesting contraception or an abortion? Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged abortion, contraception, ethics, medicine, religion
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When I was eight years old I decide I wanted to be a doctor. I never changed my mind. I went to medical school when I was 17 and have been studying medicine ever since. I have worked in over 25 hospitals in five countries on four continents. Almost every penny (or cent) I have ever earned, spent or invested came from the practice of medicine.

My speciality is anesthesiology. I come to work every day with the aim of making things better for people, specifically by getting them through difficult and painful experiences like surgery and childbirth as safely and painlessly as possible.

I enjoy my work. It is a rare privilege to be able to earn good money by doing something you believe is good and right. But it is not all sweetness and light. There is a lot which happens in healthcare I am concerned about. Those issues will be the theme of this blog.

I am appalled by the six million unnecessary deaths caused, every year, by tobacco. I am dismayed that, more than sixty years after we learnt how lethal cigarettes can be, we are still allowing them to be manufactured and sold. This issue was featured in a series of blog posts during Canada’s National No Smoking Week, January 17th – 24th, 2016.

Posted in Medicine | Tagged anesthesia, anesthesiology, doctor, healthcare, medicine, work

Medical Images

Dr John's Blog Posted on March 24, 2015 by JohnOystonApril 7, 2015
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Posted in Medicine | Tagged medicine, operating room, photographs

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