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'Dire' shortage has Vancouver doctors turning away patients seeking COVID-19 testing
Penny Daflos
Multi-skilled Journalist, CTV News Vancouver
Published Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:33PM PDT Last Updated Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:34PM PDT
VANCOUVER -- CTV News Vancouver has learned that a shortage of personal protective equipment for physicians and support staff has Vancouver doctors turning patients away from their offices as the provincial health-care system begins to show the strain of potential COVID-19 infections.
Doctors of BC, an association of doctors and medical residents, says physicians across the province are concerned about the shortage of supplies like face masks, with no timeline for new supplies despite a government injection of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Aquarius Medical Clinic director Dr. Linda Jando says her supply is so depleted, the clinic directed 20 patients who had called with possible COVID-19 symptoms to call the 811 health line, which is what the provincial health officer recommends, or attend acute care centres or the ER if they’re experiencing respiratory distress...
'Dire' shortage has Vancouver doctors turning away patients seeking COVID-19 testing
Penny Daflos
Multi-skilled Journalist, CTV News Vancouver
Published Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:33PM PDT Last Updated Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:34PM PDT
VANCOUVER -- CTV News Vancouver has learned that a shortage of personal protective equipment for physicians and support staff has Vancouver doctors turning patients away from their offices as the provincial health-care system begins to show the strain of potential COVID-19 infections.
Doctors of BC, an association of doctors and medical residents, says physicians across the province are concerned about the shortage of supplies like face masks, with no timeline for new supplies despite a government injection of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Aquarius Medical Clinic director Dr. Linda Jando says her supply is so depleted, the clinic directed 20 patients who had called with possible COVID-19 symptoms to call the 811 health line, which is what the provincial health officer recommends, or attend acute care centres or the ER if they’re experiencing respiratory distress...