Posted: Dec 14, 2020 6:03 PM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
The health department says it doesn t know of any physicians who were exposed at work in hospitals during the second wave. (Shutterstock / shutter o)
A Nova Scotia doctor is questioning the province s decision to cut a program that paid physicians in isolation after he was exposed to COVID-19 at work during the second wave.
Health Minister Leo Glavine said at the time the program was no longer necessary because physicians hadn t been exposed in the second wave, and most doctors could work from home.
The comments came as a surprise to Dr. Sam Hickcox, a hospitalist who works in the Central Zone. He was exposed to COVID on Nov. 18.