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- 6/9/2020
Transplant patient's pandemic life: family bonding, and hope that lungs come soon
For 15-year-old Tahlia Ali, life in the time of COVID-19 has meant a hard wait for a lung transplant operation she hopes will change her future, but there have also been some lighter moments to savour. She, her mother and her grandmother set off from Halifax in an RV on May 20 after receiving word that specialists preferred they be near the University Health Network and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. - 6/9/2020
What does racism look like in Canadian medicine?
There are three converging factors that make Canadian medicine surprisingly fertile ground for racism - 6/8/2020
Feedback: When patients lie, how COVID-19 changed us, and generations at work
Your thoughts on stories from the last Medical Post - 6/8/2020
'I did not want my story to be written by others'
Dr. Chika Oriuwa's valedictorian speech to the graduating class U of T's medical school - 6/8/2020
New data tool will help researchers detect, plan and respond to COVID-19
The Ontario government has appointed Dr. Jane Philpott as the special advisor to support the design and implementation of the new Ontario Health Data Platform (formerly known as PANTHR). This data platform will provide recognized researchers and health system partners with access to anonymized health data that will allow them to better detect, plan, and respond to COVID-19. As well, this platform will support projects from the Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund. - 6/8/2020
Medical advisers' names won't be released for privacy reasons, Ford says
Ontario premier Doug Ford says he won’t release a list of medical experts guiding his pandemic response because of privacy concerns. Ford defended those advisers today after questions were raised about which epidemiologists and scientists are giving him advice on the province’s reopening. - 6/8/2020
Family relations expert counsels communication between roommates during COVID-19
Living with other people doesn't always mix with a pandemic that forces people to stay inside, and an expert in family relations says COVID-19 is causing some people to reassess their living arrangements. It's highlighting the need for people to talk about what is and isn't working in shared spaces, said Robyn Pitman, a registered clinical counsellor and lecturer in the sociology department at the University of British Columbia. - 6/8/2020
Critical decisions looming for healthcare
The past three months have seen us undergo a stress like we’ve never seen before in our lives. People have lost their jobs, been socially isolated, and, importantly, non-COVID healthcare has been delayed significantly. It’s estimated that 12,200 hospital procedures are delayed each week in Ontario alone. (Back of napkin math suggests 125,000 procedures have been delayed since the start of the pandemic). - 6/7/2020
Lawsuit against B.C., pharmacists' college, drug company over medication switch
A drug user "forced'' to switch to a reformulated methadone treatment introduced in British Columbia six years ago has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the provincial government, the college of pharmacists and a pharmaceutical company.