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HALIFAX Maritime health officials admit the COVID-19 pandemic did have a significant impact on cancer screening and surgeries, but say the backlog is clearing up. Advocates, though, aren t so sure. Cancer patient Anamarija Wagner, who shared her story with CTV News Tuesday after she was told a scheduled medical appointment needed to be rebooked, says a lack of doctors and specialists is a big part of the problem. So, when you go to your family physician, who s also already overworked, and you tell them what the problem is, usually, they ll say well, let s wait and see, said Wagner. And, I m sorry - a lot of us don t have the wait-and-see time. A lot of us aren t on very good time-lines.
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One hard lesson Canadians and their governments have learned during this pandemic is how difficult it is to wait to get a new therapy that can save your life. Unfortunately, this is a lesson far too many Canadian patients learned long ago.
Canada badly lags other countries in COVID-19 vaccination, including other G7 countries except Japan. The federal government, newly awakened to the problem of delayed access to vaccine, has launched an admirable effort to shorten the wait for Canadians. It has aggressively pursued vaccine supply contracts with multiple companies, negotiated faster delivery where possible, and begun discussions with drug companies about producing new vaccines here in Canada.
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