Kate

“For as badass and unaffected as we try to come off, we’re all just one sentence away from being brought to the edge of tears.”- John Mayer

[Shawn Dowling @shawnkdowling]

As emergency doctors we are witnesses to the system- wide healthcare crisis in AB. This letter (signed by over >180 Calgary ED docs) adds our voice to the untenable state of healthcare. Albertans deserve quality, compassionate, and timely emergency care: https://t.co/Z4eCQVLB4B

[Netflix Canada @Netflix_CA]

can’t sleep, rewatching gilmore girls

[Parksy @PfParks]

“That we are being forced to abandon kids who have been dealt the absolutely worst of hands so that we can care instead for other kids is something I never, ever thought I would witness as a physician in a country as wealthy and advanced as Canada.“

https://t.co/9VnMWQcm8m

[Parksy @PfParks]

Same untenable experience in Alberta…absolutely worth reading.

[The Dangerous Ones @DangerousOnesHQ]

This is not a movie.

This is America.

[Dr. Brian Goldman @NightShiftMD]

I’ve been an ER physician for four decades. The level of despair and pessimism ER physicians, nurses, RTs and other healthcare providers are talking about right now is unprecedented.

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

Maybe…just maybe…we should stop pretending that COVID is over...and actually do something?

[Jen Lee @JenLeeCBC]

Rockyview General Hospital is in yet another emergency general surgery diversion this weekend.
From 5pm Fri - 8am Mon
3rd time this week
Story is updated:
Diversion of emergency surgery patients a growing problem, Alberta doctors warn | CBC News
#abhealth https://t.co/gOYroJ5BkK

[Parksy @PfParks]

This is NOT hyperbole. When an excellent respected emerg doc of 40yrs @HowardOvens is saying it has never been this bad, citizens and govt should be listening…
This is the same thing happening in Alberta and ALL provinces to some degree.

https://t.co/OfEgrVASY5

[United Nurses of Alberta @UnitedNurses]

“Our wait times and our access block and our overcrowding is worse than it’s ever been."

The staffing crisis can't be solved by privatization or contracting out. The Alberta government must take measures to retain and recruit new nurses. #ableg #abhealth
https://t.co/xYlgVRLuA7

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion https://t.co/qkHbOjqseB

[United Nurses of Alberta @UnitedNurses]

STATEMENT: United Nurses of Alberta gravely concerned by staffing crisis at Alberta Children’s Hospital, other facilities

Read the statement: https://t.co/J15yEntDa5 #abhealth #ableg #yyc

[Dr. Tehseen Ladha (she/her) @TehseenLadha]

This. Is. Hospital. Collapse.
Inpatient hospital beds full.
ER waits up to 20 hrs.
+++ COVID admissions.
Patients in hallways, ambulances unavailable, a MASS-CASUALTY-like situation.
Was it worth ditching the protective measures? Where will you go if your loved one needs care?

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

2020: “Hey let’s bang pots and pans”

2022: “Please don’t wear clothing that might identify you as a hospital worker”

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

Just when we thought it couldn't get worse, this bullshit happens.
How much more do Canadians think we can take?
#healthcareworkers #Canada #yyc
https://t.co/DVgJLcxAj6

[Raj Bhardwaj @RajBhardwajMD]

It bugs me when people who are being *careful* are mislabeled as being “anxious” - this thread explains that distinction nicely
#REPnotRip

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

A eulogy for those who gave until there was nothing left.

[Kate @katherinelise]

Amazingly accurate thread.

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

So, we’ve reached 34 deaths per day from COVID. It’s a shocking number that really gets swamped over by all the other numbers. I’m going to describe the usual dying process in the ICU from this disease. I’m wearing my clinical hat, be warned.

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

How to push your healthcare workforce to the brink of burnout?

1. Manage a pandemic so ICUs are 175% capacity, requiring a fourth week of cancelled surgeries.

2. Allow full stands at a hockey game and concert in Calgary on a Sunday night.

#COVID19AB #burnout @CMOH_Alberta