April 4: To solve the country’s capacity problem, experts say, leaders need to finally confront the deeper flaws in how Canadian health care is structured
Canadian hospitals were regularly operating at or above full capacity.
Hallway medicine, lengthy surgery backlogs and emergency-room wait times, the shortage of nurses and primary-care physicians, the looming catastrophe in long-term care – these have been top-of-mind problems for more than 20 years. So while only a small fraction of COVID-19 sufferers become sick enough to require hospitalization, Canadian hospitals have had little ability to absorb them, forcing politicians to impose some of the strictest lockdowns and public-health measures in the world.
When the pandemic finally ends, that capacity crisis will still be here, and, in fact, it’s expected to worsen.include booster shots in the next version of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its workers, the Treasury Board said as it reviews the rules. The government must review the need for the policy, which currently requires federal public servants to get two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or face unpaid leave, after six months. That timeline runs out this week.
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