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Hospitals warn they can’t cope if coronavirus outbreak worsens in Canada
Tonda MacCharles
By Tonda MacCharlesOttawa Bureau
Fri., March 6, 2020timer 8 min. read
OTTAWA —Hospitals in Canada are warning the federal government that a health system already stretched thin may not be able to cope if the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen here.
The hospitals say they need help now to “dramatically scale up” respiratory virus testing, to collaborate on laboratory analysis to quickly share data with other hospitals, and to protect staff amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has arrived in flu season, according to the national advocacy group for health care organizations and hospitals....
Hospitals warn they can’t cope if coronavirus outbreak worsens in Canada
Tonda MacCharles
By Tonda MacCharlesOttawa Bureau
Fri., March 6, 2020timer 8 min. read
OTTAWA —Hospitals in Canada are warning the federal government that a health system already stretched thin may not be able to cope if the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen here.
The hospitals say they need help now to “dramatically scale up” respiratory virus testing, to collaborate on laboratory analysis to quickly share data with other hospitals, and to protect staff amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has arrived in flu season, according to the national advocacy group for health care organizations and hospitals....