Dear Dr. Douglas Mark: Christine Elliott, MPP, Whitby-Oshawa and PC Health Critic read your comment in the Globe and Mail “Wynne’s spin on Ontario doctors not supported by the facts,” dated January 19, 2015. She supports your position in this…
Splinter group of Ontario doctors planning a protest ‘job fair’
DoctorsOntario, a break-away group unhappy with the Ontario Medical Association, says it wants to help MDs find jobs in jurisdictions “friendlier” than Ontario. RICHARD LAUTENS / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Dr. Douglas Mark leads a breakaway group unhappy with the…
DoctorsOntario on CBC UpNorth
Listen Now to CBC UpNorth interviews Interim President Dr. Douglas Mark about DoctorsOntario’s plan to assist Doctors in looking elsewhere for employment due to the current financial situation and suggests the province start offering options for people to pay for…
Wynne’s spin on Ontario doctors not supported by the facts
Dr. Douglas Mark is the Interim President of DoctorsOntario. Follow him on Twitter @DocsOntario. They say that truth is the first casualty in war. Take those comments made late last week by Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Minister of Health and…
Negotiation Update- Jan 15
“On January 15, 2015, the Ontario Government and Ontario Medical Association announced that contract talks have broken down and that the Ontario Government intends to unilaterally slash physician funding. This will have a significant negative impact on physician services ultimately worsening patient…
Be careful what you wish for on doctors’ billings
Ontario’s doctors would welcome having their OHIP billings made public. Because the care we provide the people of Ontario is one of the best bargains going. RICHARD LAUTENS / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Dr. Douglas Mark at work: ‘go ahead…
Mixing Mainstream & Alternative Medicine
Our own Interim President Dr. Mark was on CBC Today speaking about Mainstream & Alternative Medicine Mixing mainstream and alternative medicine
This may hurt a bit
Imagine, if you will, the following . . . Your doctor calls you into his or her office, sits you down, and says: “I’m afraid I have some bad news for you. We’ve run out of health care, and as…
What’s Premier Mom’s retirement scheme really going to cost us?
On July 14, 2014, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa will rise in the legislature and deliver the May 1 budget for a second time — with few, if any, changes. Most people, I suspect, will focus on things like the…
Unfortunately for doctors, Matthews still pulling strings
We already know Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is a jogger. Having spent the better part of the past hour watching her new cabinet being sworn in by Lt.-Gov. David Onley at Queen’s Park, I can’t help but wonder if the…