Dr. Marguerite Heyns

Some people have been asking how we solve the women's health crisis in Lethbridge. I have some thoughts below, but ultimately it needs to be a collaborative effort between @AHS_SouthZone, @Alberta_UCP , and local care providers

Watching Siya Kolisi sing the South African national anthem just has my heart. Let’s go bokke!!!!!!!

Beautiful park, but on this ‘thanksgiving’ Sunday I think the take that Deane Finlayson was the original owner is a but sus.

The @nytimes take on the consequences of the writers strike were bad this morning on the daily. The money to pay for the increased wages should come from the inflated wages of the execs. There shouldn’t be fewer shows or more expensive streaming for viewers.

@KP_MD2018 @fa_rizzuti @thenosm @CFMSFEMC @CMA_Docs Love this. CFMS days feel like forever ago!

Health Canada says charges for medically necessary diagnostic services led to Alberta being deducted $13 million in transfer payments earlier this year. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Somehow, like clockwork, a storm has hit Whitehorse every evening around 7 this week. Looks like tonight’s is rolling now. 10 mins ago it was sunny and nice out!

Excellent thread and worth a read if you are curious about why Hep B vaccination is important. Interestingly in BC we give the first HBV vaccine at 2 months of age—unless the newborn is high risk for contracting the virus.

This is what a maternal health crisis looks like: In anti-choice states, OBGYNs are leaving en masse and hospitals are shutting down their maternity wards while crisis pregnancy centers are getting millions in taxpayer dollars.

@ABDanielleSmith This tweet is about vilifying workers and unions, not the supply chain disruption. Reading it, who are you mad at? The workers or the corporations responsible for paying them fair wages and ensuring safe conditions—the later is where anger should be directed

This past weekend 7,400 workers began strike action across ports of British Columbia, immediately disrupting Canadian and global supply chains. This strike action has the potential to cause substantial economic harm on families and businesses across Canada, including here in Alberta. Our government is monitoring the situation and echos the concerns of various business groups on the negative impact this will have on the Canadian economy, including increased inflationary pressures on consumers. We urge the federal government to work with all parties to ensure a rapid resolution to the dispute. Read more: theglobeandmail.com/business/artic… #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

If you want to do something to help your fellow citizens and reduce some stress on the health care system tonight … yes right now … sit down with your family or call up a friend and set a plan to donate blood. Just do it. We honestly need your help.

@olsonplanner Maybe talking about it some more would help address some of those disparities?

@mheyns I suppose it comes down to a balance of each physician being as open as they wish to be, while also being discerning of what colleagues will conclude based on the limited information that they hear. Was it weird as in you wish you hadn't said anything?

@olsonplanner Question: is it okay for physicians to talk openly about how much money we make? I will pay off all of my med school debt by August, after 13 months as staff. One of my nursing colleagues was surprised to hear this. We talked numbers and it felt weird. #MedTwitter

@olsonplanner It made me think about how we don’t talk openly about how much we make in medicine, especially to our lower earning coworkers—whether they be nurses, residents, or even med students. And it reminded me of the huge pay disparity between physicians and allied health professionals.

LGBTQ people, as stigmatized minorities, often have difficulty accessing health care that properly addresses their health concerns, is sensitive to their sexual and gender identities and is not flat-out discriminatory, researchers have found. 2/ nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou…

This is really important Albertans. Truth and transparency are critical. Will ANY physicians ever want to take leadership positions in Alberta? Will critical public health roles be added to the side of already over busy portfolios forever??? edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

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Important article shedding some light on the recent resignation of Dr. Esther Tailfeathers from the Indigenous Wellness Council. Disappointing to see AHS disregard the wishes of the IWC in favour of misplaced resentment towards Dr. Hinshaw. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

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@hemeoncABnorth Yeah same issues in Whitehorse, my patients have to come into the emerge to do their betas on the weekend. Hmm. I wonder if there could still be some kind of fast track protocol that somehow involves the emerge and limits their exposure?

@mheyns Our lab closes at 4:30 pm. Would work during daylight hours only.

Fevers are a mind f$&@ for cancer patients on chemo. They are instructed to go to ER with any fever ever. This is the furthest from desirable places to go when you are immune suppressed and fatigued. ER doc may or may not treat them like an emergency case so pt feels bad,

@hemeoncABnorth I know febrile neutropenia is an emergency, but with how overrun the ED is these days a protocol like this might actually get them the care they need faster. The only downfall being there’s no physical assessment of them by triage in case they are more unwell. /2

@hemeoncABnorth Could you liaise with your lab for them to have a standing urgent CBCD, and create a protocol where they inform the HemeOnc on call when they go in to do it. Then wait at home for results and do a direct admit if they have febrile neutropenia? /1