Canada Jabs Its First Citizen For Covid-19 Published December 15th, 2020 - 08:26 GMT
A healthcare worker waves at journalists after a press conference organized at the Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Center in Montreal, Quebec on December 14, 2020. Maimonides was the first geriatric health center to receive a delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech s vaccines. The center was reported to have had many issues with the COVID-19 pandemic over the past month. Andrej Ivanov / AFP
The government of Canada has inoculated its first citizens against the coronavirus, officials said.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced during a press conference on Monday out front of the Maimonides Geriatric Center in Montreal, Quebec, that the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has begun.
Hospital visitation policies should reflect what loved-ones contribute to a patient s recovery
While hospitals are justified in limiting visitors to control the spread of this deadly virus, they are often doing it at a high cost to patients who need contact and support from loved ones to aid in their recovery, write Courtney Sas and Dr. Alexandra Rendely.
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Staff at the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital in Calgary screen essential visitors as part of COVID-19 precautions in April. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital visitation policies have fluctuated out of necessity to match the ebb and flow of the spread and severity of the virus.(Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)
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A personal support worker in Toronto is the first person to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada.
Anita Quidangen received a shot of the Pfizer vaccine at the University Health Network.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu calls it really good news for everyone across the country but has a caution.
“We also have to keep protecting each other and one worry I would like to share…Is that Canadians think this is just around the corner that COVID-19 is over…this is going to help,”
The health minister adds we have to protect our family and community as we wait for our turn at getting the vaccine.
December 14, 2020 GE Healthcare and St. Luke s University Health Network in Pennsylvania will pilot the first One-Stop Clinic rapid diagnostic breast cancer center model in the U.S.
The One-Stop Clinic model utilizes a multimodality approach to coordinate patient journeys from initial appointment through diagnosis and treatment plan. It keeps patients with one team in one location to reduce the time frame between an abnormal screening mammogram and a breast cancer treatment plan.
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center in France first created the model to improve clinical outcomes and expedite breast cancer diagnosis and treatment planning. GE Healthcare and Premier previously announced plans in 2019 to open the first One-Stop Clinic model in the U.S.