COVID 19 is testing the capacity of our health care systems and the courage and emotions of many point-of-care health professionals. Hospitalized patients and residents in long-term care facilities are often suffering and even dying alone because of public health policies which have restricted the presence of family members or designated support person. Tragically, while these limitations may have been well-intentioned, designed to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus and protect staff, they have usually been made without consideration of the harmful consequences which have been detailed in previous pandemics.
21 april 2021