While the provincial government has given dental clinics the green light to re-open on June 1, many of them say they aren't ready.
The guidelines require clinics to order a massive amount of personal protective equipment for each of their staff members.
Since the South West One clinic is open concept, it will have to encase each operating room with plastic, and new filtration systems will need to be installed in every room. “What we need from the government is to provide us with the accessibility to these products so we can have the right products and at a reasonable price,” said Bakdach.Quebec to allow limited outdoor gatherings starting Friday as province eases coronavirus rules
The clinic estimates it will cost them around $50,000 in order for them be able to safely re-open next week. But they’ll only re-open partially since they won’t have all the measures implemented by then. While the owners of South West One don’t plan to increase prices for now, that may not be the case at other clinics.
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