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- 9/30/2020
Scotiabank launching physician wellness initiative in partnership with CMA, MD Financial
The f$15 million in funds will flow to provincial and territorial medical associations, as well as key medical organizations identified as being best attuned to the specific needs of physicians in various fields. - 9/30/2020
Group of Ontario doctors send letter urging Ford not to implement new COVID-19 lockdown
The letter comes as new modelling suggests COVID-19 case counts in the province could soon hit 1,000 per day. However, the doctors noted the shifting age demographics coming through in the latest numbers as once reason to take a different approach. - 9/30/2020
Do pharmacists want to perform COVID-19 testing?
Survey show some hesitancy, however there are ways to mitigate common concerns. - 9/30/2020
'Dressing in the dark:' Ottawa's medical officer of health shares story of wardrobe malfunction
Wednesday morning, Dr. Vera Etches, tweeted about arriving at Ottawa City Hall without a skirt underneath her raincoat. - 9/30/2020
Naked and vulnerable: what we lose when we can't embrace our neighbours and friends
For a short period of time, COVID-19 has taken handshakes, hugs, cheek kisses and words of greeting away from us. But, do you know what is really sad? We were already losing these very important culturally appropriate greetings, well before COVID-19. Their loss adds to our sense of loneliness and isolation and our feelings of being disconnected, vulnerable and unsafe. - 9/29/2020
OMA urges government to mobilize rapid response teams to contain local flare-ups
"Mobile rapid response teams will place skills and equipment where they are most needed, while allowing capacity within the system to address the backlog of patient services and better prepare for the flu season," said OMA president Dr. Samantha Hill.