For those who are following along...
I used to post these music requests after my surgery days since before the pandemic.
No such posts this month. Surgeries cancelled.
Behind every music request is a person who is having surgery. Some minor, some life changing...
#COVID19AB
I am only one Alberta surgeon.
To date 21 patients under my care had their surgery cancelled - some minor, some life changing.
More to come.
My heart breaks.
We are working hard to advocate for Albertans but we need your help.
#GetVaccinated
#COVID19AB #AbLeg #abpoli
I have cared for pregnant COVID patients so understand the need for "all hands on deck" to weather the storm that is wave 4.
We need to appreciate however that we are robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to accomplish this.
And remember, this was predicted and preventable.
How did we get here?
#BestSummerEver was an exercise in premature machismo that was met with expert voices of caution that were gaslit by mocking trolls then we saw protests from Albertans who turned out to be right but then our premier hid for an election and did nothing

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More from @FionaMattatall

1 Oct
Today's Department Grand Rounds: an update on COVID-19 in pregnancy.

Excellent work again from our team of local experts.

Thought some of you might be interested so here I made a long thread...

#COVID19 #vaccine #pregnancy #covid19AB Image
Cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy across Canada: where we are as of today October 1, 2021 👇🏻

As you can see we are hit hardest in AB/NWT (37% of all cases in the country)

Over 1100 have been in Calgary alone.

#covid19AB #pregnancy #yyc Image
Focussing in on Alberta cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy through the whole pandemic, the peak so far was Wave 3 however Wave 4 is proving challenging with steady numbers - over 50 new cases per day since mid August 👇🏻 Image
Read 21 tweets
16 Apr
This morning's grand rounds were an update from University of Calgary Reproductive Infectious Diseases (Drs. Kuret and Castillo)
This was a comprehensive review of both Canadian data on #COVID19 cases in #pregnancy and #COVIDVaccines in pregnancy
... wanted to share some of it 🧵
Cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy across the country 👇🏻
(note that the data lags in some provinces more than other)
So far Alberta and Manitoba have the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy - these numbers are expected to shift as we see provincial differences in case numbers and vaccination
Read 22 tweets
3 Feb
This is the best miniseries out right now... trust me. Better than anything on Netflix!
First up... radiology 🤣
Read 4 tweets
3 Feb
Can we talk honestly about doctors for a minute?
We are human.
Like in many other areas of work there is stress - we know this going in.
Some days are tough.
The pandemic has been a long hard journey for many of us.
I worry about burnout...

(a thread)
This was eloquently discussed on @TheCurrentCBC today:
cbc.ca/radio/thecurre…

As I listened I had an increased sadness for my colleagues in Alberta right now...
You see, for the months leading up to the pandemic we saw a coordinated effort by the Alberta premier, health minister, his issues managers and the health ministry to attack and demoralize our profession. The attacks are recorded in press conferences and social media posts...
Read 7 tweets
24 Dec 20
So we have been doing a family holiday project for a few years...

2015 Mattatall Gingerbread Project: it all began with a grade 8 math project

#Gingerbread #popculture #FamilyOfNerds #StarWars
2016 Mattatall Gingerbread Project: the house teen was obsessed with a film about flesh wounds

#Gingerbread #popculture #FamilyOfNerds #MontyPython
2017 Mattatall Gingerbread Project: we were all obsessed with a little Duffer Brothers sci-fi horror series

#Gingerbread #popculture #FamilyOfNerds #Upsidedown
Read 11 tweets
23 Feb 20
So to recap the past 10 days in Alberta as a physician or patient ...
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#AbLeg #ABdocs4patients
We started with a change in social media presence for Alberta Health ... used to be a source of great public health information
It turned into a propaganda channel against your Alberta physicians (stay tuned ... imagine the nurses are next)
See the before and after shots:
Then negotiations broke down between the @Albertadoctors and @shandro
edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
Read 10 tweets

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