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Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz’s medical practice is no longer confined to the walls of her clinic.
Over the phone, she can treat a patient anywhere. She’s called students at home, interrupted her patients’ video conferencing meetings and sometimes even heard cars rushing by in the background (she always asks patients to pull over if they’re behind the wheel).
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“We’ve heard folks say, ‘Wow, this is awesome. I don’t have to worry about a babysitter for my kid. I don’t have to bring my elderly parent in,’ ” the President of the Saskatchewan Medical Association said.
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More Saskatchewan people have struggled with their mental health since the start of the pandemic, but fewer are getting help.
That’s the grim finding from a survey sponsored by Mental Health Research Canada with support from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. It confirms what many community mental health workers and advocates say they knew all along.
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“There’s no denying that this has had and will continue to have long-term impacts on peoples’ mental health,” University of Regina social work professor Nuelle Novik said.
SASKATOON Twenty-five Saskatchewan health-care organizations are asking young adults to follow public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “As health-care providers we are very concerned about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in our province,” said Dr. Myles Deutscher, president of the Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians, in a news release. “We wanted to target our younger patients because of the increase in cases we have seen in this demographic. Increased COVID cases puts a burden on all areas of the health-care system, which translates into a higher burden of illness for both COVID and non-COVID illnesses.”