Health Care Professionals

health care professionals: The group Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care is calling on Ottawa to drop its appeal of last year Federal Court decision that ruled the cuts to refugee health care unconstitutional, according to CTV. In a news release, the group says the Conservative government has spent more than $1 million on its appeal. In what being billed as the largest Day of Action yet, doctors and health care professionals in at least 20 Canadian cities staged protests against the cuts on Monday. At a news conference before Monday rally in Ottawa, the president of the Canadian Medical Association said the cuts are affecting some of the most vulnerable people in Canada, including children and pregnant women. Chris Simpson said the government stance on refugee care is not consistent with the Canada I know. Dr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.