Healthcare workers have spent months preparing for possible threats—from mass-casualty events to outbreaks of viral illnesses such as measles and norovirus.
Once again this year, Queen’s University medical students and local physicians from Kingston, Ont. are back on the ice, raising funds alongside the Canadian Cancer Society.
Many organizations and governments are invested in the idea of physicians as commodi-ties, as interchangeable parts of a plug-and-play medical machine.
Doctors in Canada’s FIFA World Cup host cities say they’re concerned the already strained system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the games.
