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COVID-19: Resuming Medical Procedures
Unpublished Cafe
English - May 14, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBNews Society & Culture current affairs news politics political commentary ottawa canada ontario Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
PUBLISHED: 14/05/2020
It’s estimated more than 100 thousand medical procedures and elective surgeries have been cancelled so hospitals can focus on COVID-19. For those in need of surgical or a medical procedure, how long must they wait?
When the pandemic arrived in Canada, hospitals had a singular focus, treat those infected with COVID-19. All other treatments and procedures were cancelled. In the first month of the pandemic, more than 40 percent of cancer surgeries were scrubbed.
Earlier this week, a breath of hope for them came from the province of Ontario that some treatments and procedures would slowly resume in hospitals. Each one will have to submit a plan of opening to the province for approval.
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GUESTS:
Mike Schreiner - Leader Green Party of Ontario/MPP Guelph -https://gpo.ca/mike-schreiner-leader/
Dr.Marc Ruel - VP Canadian Cardiovascular Society & Surgeon with the Ottawa Heart Institute - https://www.ottawaheart.ca/physician-researcher-profile/ruel-marc
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