Mahli Brindamour, Wear a mask Vaccinate Save Lives
31 Aug,
4 tweets, 2 min read
We're in deep trouble. I have a peds colleague with a 2 month old and a 2 year old at home. They developed fever + runny nose last week. She looked at the #CovidTesting drive through in Saskatoon: 3h wait (no one wants to go through this with a toddler and an infant). 1/4
She called 811: she was call back number 85. 811 called back after 6h. She had to talk to 2 separate nurses. After this, she then waited 4 days for a call back with an appointment for testing. By then the kids were healthy again. 2/4
Thankfully, her kids did not need hospitalizations or critical care. But this colleague is educated, believes in covid, has a phone and a car. She knows how testing is important. Yet this was not manageable for her to go through, and we missed 2 opportunities for testing. 3/4
She is not to blame: our system is. Our system can and should be better. As hospitals are getting submerged by sick people with covid, we can't keep up with the testing demand. We need resources and public health measures. Now. #skpoli (Story shared with permission) 4/4
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