Last week, Dr. Laurie Mazurik, one of Toronto’s most experienced emergency physicians, sent a note to her colleagues and residents from a friend working at a hospital in Italy. Mazurik was trying to give her colleagues, especially the younger ones, a sense of what was coming here.
Over the past week, the National Post has spoken to more than a dozen emergency medicine physicians about what they’re seeing, what they need and how they’re feeling. What came across from some of them was something you rarely hear from doctors: fear. As physicians, our job in society is to remain calm and manage expectations and we’re stretched at this point. I’m doing everything I can to keep being that pillar of support for my community. But when a neighbour walks up and says, ‘how are you doing?’ I don’t even know how to answer. Because it’s fake to say ‘well’ or ‘great.’ It’s not great. It will be great when this is over. It will be great when we can reflect on lessons learned and be prepared for the next wave.
Alan Drummond is a family doctor in Perth, Ont., and co-chair, public affairs, for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
This is how hysteria works. The hospitals in Canada are NOT overwhelmed. Some hospitals in major cities have 1 or 2 patients.
Eh
It is not fair for doctors to complain about the government. Doctors have a singular mission. If we devoted all of our energies to suit the wish lists of the medical community, society would break down. 100 people in total are in hospital in Ontario due to COVID. Deal with it!
Trudeaus cash is the reason for this fear drama . Do a story on trudeaus ankle monitor, will ya
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Panicking is not going to help. We don't think rationally when we freak out...I know I don't. Try and breathe, relax, step back..It's going to be alright. Use your Mind, Don't Lose your Mind ! CanadianFrontlines COVID19
While our heath ditz said wearing masks is a waste of time.
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