Canada: Alberta healthcare system on verge of collapse as Covid cases and anti-vax sentiments rise
Includes coverage of open letter signed by 74 ID doctors:
“Our healthcare system is truly on the precipice of collapse”
theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…
Includes coverage of open letter signed by 74 ID doctors:
“Our healthcare system is truly on the precipice of collapse”
theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…
“It’s not easy to go to work every day and watch people in their 30s die,” an ICU nurse in Edmonton told the Guardian.
“Having to help a family say goodbye and then going through the actions that are required at the end of someone’s life, is worse than anyone can imagine.”
“Having to help a family say goodbye and then going through the actions that are required at the end of someone’s life, is worse than anyone can imagine.”
“As soon as those breathing tubes come out, we’re kicking people out of ICU to make space for someone else,” said another nurse. “It’s getting bleak. It’s hard to watch.”
“No one can ever understand what it’s like to have a Zoom call with a family member whose patient is dying...That is the most awful thing I’ve ever done. And I think we’re all shifting a bit from this very intense sadness to this anger –because this really does feel preventable.”
“All these decisions from the government are clearly to satisfy their voter base,” a nurse said. “But what a lack of insight to see that it’s their base that’s dying and causing us to resort to battlefield medicine.”
“I don’t have the energy to make sense of it any more,” said the nurse. “I’m barely functioning as it is, because we’re pouring from the cup that has a hole. We never get to fill it.”
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