Tag: health care

Mar 10 2021

COVID-19, Reflections

A tale of 4 sisters during COVID-19

4 Comments

COVID-19 has been the best of times. COVID-19 has also been the worst of times. Recently, it has certainly been the winter of despair.

Feb 05 2021

COVID-19, Reflections

So how does it end?

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I needed a day to begin to grieve.

Jun 25 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Lessons from the bedside

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The hospital is on lockdown due to COVID-19, so visitors are not permitted. He has had no connection with the outside world other than health care personnel.

May 29 2020

COVID-19, Reflections, Tara Kiran

Ramping up in-person office visits in primary care in the aftermath of COVID-19

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How do we balance benefits and risks? How can we assess the impact of decisions to ramp up in-person care so we know whether we need to pull back again?

May 28 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Family physician leadership in long-term care: COVID-19 success and a call to action

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I feel fortunate that our patients have been able to receive care by in large in their homes from their own family physician and care providers.

May 21 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Revisiting the no visitors policy

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Even in lock-down, word travels quickly. Friends and family members, once part of the fabric of our floor, now signify an anticipated death.

May 12 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

The truth behind the mask

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I've slowly learned that our masks make us physicians, but our emotions make us people.

Apr 30 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

A call for the standardization of resident protections during the COVID-19 pandemic response

2 Comments

Our status as trainees limits our influence over the environments in which we are deployed to work during infectious disease outbreaks.

Apr 23 2020

COVID-19, Irfan Dhalla, Reflections

Have we flattened the curve that matters?

3 Comments

Lasting success will not come from flattening the curve of incident cases. It will come when we flatten the curve of cumulative cases.

Apr 20 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches

COVID-19 and cancer care in Thunder Bay

1 Comment

Our intimate connection to personnel and resources in the rest of Ontario has become more apparent during this crisis.

Apr 18 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

COVID-19: What can medical students do?

1 Comment

My own experience of SARS in 2003 led me to a career in public health.

Apr 16 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Tara Kiran

An ode to our primary care team

1 Comment

I have never been so grateful to be part of a team.

Apr 01 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

A particularly memorable night on-call

No Comments

His chest x-ray was concerning for viral pneumonia which made us highly suspicious he might be Canada’s first case of COVID-19.

Mar 27 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Lessons COVID-19 has taught me

4 Comments

Being afraid and being brave are not mutually exclusive.