Canadian Medical Association calls for ‘extroardinary measures’ to address third wave
Posted April 16, 2021 9:43 am.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for unprecedented measures to address the COVID-19 crisis unfolding in several provinces.
In a release, the CMA recommends sharing health-care resources across provincial and territorial borders to help jurisdictions that are currently at crisis levels with ICUs and hospital capacity.
It also calls on the federal government to consider re-prioritizing its vaccine distribution strategy to focus on areas of urgent need.
“As the third wave of the pandemic wreaks havoc on the healthcare and public health systems, healthcare providers, and patients, we are at a critical juncture where a truly national approach to combatting COVID-19 will make the difference between more or fewer lives saved,” said Dr. Ann Collins, president of the CMA. “This country must come together to help support provinces most severely impacted.”
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Collins says “we are one country, and it’s time we started acting as one by deploying resources where they are most needed. If we can’t achieve this through voluntary cooperation, then more and stronger measures might be needed.”
The CMA says further restrictions must also be considered in provinces and territories who are not experiencing the rate of transmission seen in Ontario and Quebec.
