The waiting list of patients who will need treatment for long-term symptoms after recovery from COVID-19, according to physicians and rehabilitation workers.
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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authorityâs new president and CEO brings more than 30 years of health care operations experience to his new role.
The WHRAâs board of directors announced that Mike Nader will take over leadership of the health authority on May 17.
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Nader has served in executive management roles with public health care systems in British Columbia and Ontario. Most recently, he served as the Chief Transformation Officer at Ontario Health, with responsibility for leading the transition of 20 provincial agencies and local health integration networks into a single provincial agency.
Hospital visitation policies should reflect what loved-ones contribute to a patient s recovery
While hospitals are justified in limiting visitors to control the spread of this deadly virus, they are often doing it at a high cost to patients who need contact and support from loved ones to aid in their recovery, write Courtney Sas and Dr. Alexandra Rendely.
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Hospitals are justified in limiting visitors to control COVID-19, but must weigh the serious cost to patients
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Staff at the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital in Calgary screen essential visitors as part of COVID-19 precautions in April. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital visitation policies have fluctuated out of necessity to match the ebb and flow of the spread and severity of the virus.(Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)