2026-07-01 from healthydebate.ca
A neurosurgeon in Saskatoon removes a brain tumour from a patient flown in from northern Saskatchewan. The operation was successful. Days later, the patient returns home.
But the clinicians caring for that patient in the north may not be able to access the records from the tertiary care centre where the operation took place. The neurosurgeon may not easily access records from the northern facility that first referred the patient south.
In modern medicine, this should feel unimaginable.
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