The Ontario government announced on May 10 that high-risk health care workers, including patient-facing staff working in homes and the community, had been added to the list of people eligible to receive their second dose of vaccine sooner than the province’s standard four-month interval. However, they can’t access their second shots because none of the hospitals, vaccine clinics, or services are updating to reflect that policy.
COVID-19 has taught many lessons to all of us, especially those who work in the healthcare sector, one of the most affected by this crisis. In this article, four local front-line workers share the biggest lessons they have learned during the pandemic, and provide some advice for other healthcare workers and the general public.
According to immunology experts, there are two most common types of side effects that people should expect, and not be alarmed by, following the COVID-19 vaccine.
Warnings of burnout among health workers have been ringing for months, especially in a health-care system that’s chronically understaffed nationwide. In a survey of 2,100 nurses conducted by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, 95.7% of respondents reported stress from the pandemic, and at least 13% of registered nurses (RNs) said they’re very likely to leave the profession after the pandemic is over.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everybody, but apart from the families that have lost loved ones in this global health crisis, nobody has suffered more than healthcare workers around the world. In this special article, we have gathered the testimonies of six local healthcare workers, who told us what it is really like to be a part of the medical field in Canada in the midst of a pandemic.
The chair of the London Health Coalition, Peter Bergmanis, argues that Ontario’s efforts to increase personal support worker (PSW) recruiting and training falls short. “It’s not a step backwards, but it's not a fundamental improvement either,” he says. The provincial government is currently providing $115 million to train up to 8,200 new PSWs in health and long-term care sectors across Ontario.
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