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A mother and her seriously ill son travel from Nunavut to Ottawa to a special clinic set up to meet the needs of Inuit families accessing medical care.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang is joined by a caregiver to discuss her personal experience of looking after a loved one with dementia.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro chats with a man who lost his foot to diabetes and a doctor whose new treatment offers hope to those faced with losing a limb to the disease.

In this episode of the CHIP, we’ll hear about the complex health needs of the growing number of people who are unhoused and turning to hospitals for help, and how doctors are working toward solutions.

Media release describing CIHI’s latest Hospital stays in Canada release.

In this episode of the CHIP, we discuss hospital harm and the overwhelming workload of health care workers across Canada.

​Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased by 19% in 2022–2023, while emergency department (ED) visits due to the virus decreased in the same time period, according to the latest data released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer and Flavie Laliberté about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Annamarie Fuchs and Teri Price about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with McGill University professor Bernard Lapointe and documentary filmmaker Philippe Miquel about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.