Another Toronto hospital has declared an outbreak of COVID-19. The Scarborough Health Network says six patients are infected in one unit at its general hospital in the city's east end. A spokeswoman for the health network says the unit has been closed to admissions in order to protect patients and staff.
Healthcare workers working with patients that are potentially COVID-19 positive, should use face shields for splatter alone. Goggles are the only safe eye protection for aerosols.
The Halifax physician was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy in her mid-40s. In deciding to pursue MAID, she wanted to key things: to have control when she died and to donate her organs.
Now is not the time to panic. Dr. Mark Soth, the man behind the physician finance blog Loonie Doctor, discusses how the pandemic hit doctors’ incomes and what he tells physicians about saving for retirement.