Medical Officer of Health Blog


September – Cell phone bans may help…

BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Sep 17, 2024

but to get to the root cause of screen time we need to re-inspire a love for nature! This past week children went back to school. With kids back to school, fall colours will soon change, birds will begin their migratory journeys. This year, a daily migration of cell phones will not be happening. In […]

July – How I Changed My Perspective on the Drug Poisoning Crisis 

BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jul 04, 2024

“We did a lot of fun things in the 60s,” my patient explained to me in 2018. I was working at a family clinic at the time. My patient was in for a vaccine but like all good primary care physicians, I wanted to check on his overall health. In this case, I was probing […]

March – Prescribed Safer Alternative Programs are Saving Lives

BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Mar 04, 2024

I read with interest the February 23rd article “Opioid crisis won’t abate without treatment options, supportive housing: Peterborough MP Michelle Ferreri”. In Canada, one person died nearly every hour in the first six months of 2023 due to opioid toxicity, largely involving fentanyl. As the Medical Officer of Health, I deeply appreciate the Chamber of […]

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