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31.01.2022 / 04:07

Relentless cold has put Toronto shelter capacity in crisis, advocates say

Toronto‘s homeless population are ending up in hospital with cold-related injuries, as the city’s shelter system struggles to keep up with demand, experts and advocates say.“We had a client who was dealing with frostbite recently,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani, health equity lead at Kensington Health.He said he sees many patients who live on the streets and has noticed the troubling trend in recent weeks, with colleagues reporting similar issues.“People are coming in with hypothermia and frostbite,” he said.

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Reopening Ontario outdoor recreational sites should focus on equity, access: advocates

Ontario golfers have been pushing the province to reopen courses ordered closed while the province is under stay-at-home orders, but some observers say access to outdoor recreational facilities serving a wider population should be be just as high on the agenda.Doctors and recreational facility administrators say Canadians need access to affordable, inclusive and local ways to get outside and exercise, so long as health care professionals deem it safe.“Many of the people I care for live in dense apartment buildings, have small indoor spaces and don’t have the luxury of a backyard,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician and health justice activist in Toronto.

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COVID-19: Palliative care physician warns of ‘human catastrophe in the making’

In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, palliative care physician Dr. Naheed Dosani says governments have acted too slowly to beat back a third wave of COVID-19, failing to keep people safe.

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What should be done with leftover vaccines at Ontario clinics? Experts push for a plan

vaccines at the end of each day to anyone between the ages of sixteen and 59 years old at four designated immunization clinics.“To be on the Standby List, you need to be able to get an East Toronto Vaccine Clinic within 30 minutes,” said the East Toronto Health Partners website above a form that needed to be filled out to be on the ‘standby list.’The website received so many visitors, it crashed.And a day later, that same site was completely taken down. A look at who’s set to receive COVID 19 vaccines in the coming weeks in each province “We received over 60,000 submissions in approximately 30 hours,” said Wolf Klassen with Michael Garron Hospital.

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Ontario study finds people on homeless spectrum hit hard by COVID-19

A recent study released by ICES looked at the effects of the pandemic during the first wave, focusing on people who were recently homeless. The study found this population was over 20 times more likely to be hospitalized, 10 times more likely to be admitted to the ICU, and five times more likely to die of COVID-19 than the average person.The numbers are a scary reality Dr.

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Coronavirus: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community

COVID-19 pandemic that led to her death.“Her family and her husband have gone public with this death to let the public know the immense distress that health workers are experiencing on the front lines of this pandemic,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician and a health justice activist.

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COVID-19 has increased challenges for palliative care patients experiencing homelessness

Dr. Naheed Dosani explains why palliative care is so important, and how it can be the answer to many challenges for people who are experiencing homelessness or who are vulnerably housed.

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Palliative care physicians say homelessness is not a static situation

Dr. Naheed Dosani says homelessness is not a static situation, but instead a spectrum. Dosani explains how clients under the care of the PEACH team move along that spectrum and how COVID-19 has made things more difficult.

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