A team from Montreal's McGill University has pioneered a medical first by administering anesthesia via remote teleconferencing for surgery that was taking place in Pisa, Italy.
On Aug. 30, Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team from McGill's anesthesia department treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy, putting them to sleep remotely from a control room in Montreal.
Read more: Canada: Quebec: Montreal MDs make history as first to put patients to sleep remotely
Live today, the city’s main web platform has an exciting new look and feel that respects visitors’ time and puts their top tasks just a click away from the homepage. “The city of Ottawa is a dynamic place – and the City’s website should reflect that,” says Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien. “These changes stem from the Taskforce on E-Government and reflect the citizen-centric thinking that Ottawa residents expect and deserve.”
Telehealth allows a patient to visit with a physician through live video to receive a medical diagnosis when they are separated by distance. This means that people in Smithers can “visit” specialists in places like Prince George and Vancouver without actually making the trip.
Read more: Canada: British Columbia: Telehealth next best thing
The ruling means the country’s largest telephone companies must allocate $733 million out of special ‘deferral accounts’ towards customer rebates and rural broadband. This includes $310 million rebated to urban home telephone customers, and $422 million to deploy broadband Internet service to 287 rural and remote communities.
Read more: Canada: Ontario: More High-Speed Internet for the North – Hyer
Federal, provincial and municipal politicians gathered at the Trillium Wood Golf Club in Thurlow Tuesday to celebrate the construction of the largest rural broadband network in Ontario. The high-speed Internet infrastructure project will connect with local delivery systems to expand services to an estimated one million residents and businesses.
Tuesday's announcement marked the culmination of five years of discussion, meetings and planning, something noted by federal minister Chuck Strahl.