Kitchener ICU doctor says it could take a year to catch up on missed surgeries, appointments from COVID-19
Local doctor Rob Chernish talks about what it looked like behind the scenes of Waterloo region s hospitals during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. He says some patients had to be sent out of the region as hospitalizations surged. And he looks ahead to the next year.
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It s been a long year, says Dr. Rob Chernish, but now I would have to say I m hopeful
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Posted: Mar 14, 2021 11:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 14
Dr. Rob Chernish is a respirologist and critical care physician at St. Mary s General Hospital in Kitchener. He s seen here during a regional media briefing about COVID-19 on March 5.(Region of Waterloo/YouTube)