Dr. Sandor Demeter
COVID prevention measures expose poor public policy choices
Patrick Mahon: Messengers' Series: Satellite II (2018-19) The following links are to a reputable (Royal Society of Canada) article on...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Nov 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Fine Art of Muddling Through – COVID Pandemic Management in Canada
Wild and Wooly by Mandy Stephen (Edmonton) Remember when Manitoba went 13 days without a COVID case? What happened? It is a given that no...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Personal Care Homes - Too Little, Too Late!
First of all, my deepest condolences to friends and family who have lost loved ones to COVID. This is especially poignant for those whose...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
Outsource Contact Tracing?????
Source: Adelaide circa 2019 After working as a public health officer for over a decade I can attest to the fact that Public Health has...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
Pandemics are a Bad Time for Health Care Erosion Management
The Progressive Conservatives party has held power in MB since 2016. Ideologically they are about fiscal austerity, reducing the deficit,...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 and Societal Values
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jul 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Saga Continues
First a recap. People with chronic stomach aches may be suffering from a treatable infection called Helicobacter pylori gastritis which...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
Time to Face Up To How We Really Treat Our Seniors
Sculpture by John Hooper - St John NB After I read a recent CBC I-Team story on Personal Care Home (PCH) inspections in Manitoba I felt...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
Right Brain - Left Brain
Follow the link for a thought provoking CBC documentary (The Divided Brain) on left versus right brain thinking and how each side...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Staffing Personal Care Homes - Time for a New Normal
Why do health care workers work at multiple facilities? It may be that workers have to cobble together multiple part time or causal...
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- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
Proud To Be Canadian
There have been stark international differences on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies range from strict state driven lock downs ...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Sep 29, 2019
- 1 min
A must read
I recently read a book by a Winnipeg Dr. recounting his experiences with working with the homeless at Siloam Mission (Wisdom from the...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Sep 11, 2019
- 5 min
Failed Execution - Update 2 - Good News
There appears to be a plan in place to manage variable wait times for UBT. In the short term blitzes at various hospitals will be done to...
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- Sep 5, 2019
- 3 min
Forced Overtime - Say What?
In an abundance of caution during the election period I am repeating my disclaimer which can be found on the home page: The views and...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Aug 13, 2019
- 1 min
The Interview - Don't Judge by Appearances
I came across this video on LinkedIn and I had to share it!
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Aug 8, 2019
- 1 min
Exciting New Cancer Therapy
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Care (CADTH), via the Pan Canadian Oncology Drug Review process, has recently...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
Failed Execution - Update 1
July 6, 2019 I followed up with the Mb Medical Director for Dynacare and MB Health. MB Health replied promptly and said that they would...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jun 23, 2019
- 3 min
Call Me Old School
I have had the privilege to teach medical and graduate students about critical appraisal of the medical literature, health technology...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter Associate Prof U o M
- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Long Time Coming but Good News for Stroke Patients in MB
Strokes are the third leading cause of death in Canada (Statistics Canada 2011) and, as the saying goes, "time is brain"! MB is the last...
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Dr. Sandor Demeter
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
Failed Execution
An example of failed execution in Manitoba’s health care system. What part of this is “patients first”? People with chronic stomach aches...
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