Cassandra Poulin, MD

Mom/Wife/MD

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

.@fordnation,@SylviaJonesMPP Ministry of Health's unnecessary restriction of midwives' prescribing means more costs for taxpayers! #ONpoli https://t.co/s5FfJRVnUb

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

@OttFire @OttawaHospital @CHEO Those are incredible photos. Thank you so much for all you do.

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

There are no words!

[Nina Teicholz, PhD @bigfatsurprise]

New chart from Tufts' new food ranking system.
53 General Mills cereals all healthier than cheddar cheese, milk, egg cooked in butter
Including:
Dora the Explorer, Berry Burst Cheerios, Count Chocola, Lucky Charms, Chex Chocolate.

(General Mills funds a Tufts Food Inst 🤨)

[Dr. Christa Homenick @MBnanolicious]

@westjet your customer service is beyond shocking. After almost 7h on hold I had the agent hang up because I requested the agents name. Why can't my family just be rebooked and compensated? @AirPassRightsCA

[CBC News @CBCNews]

With influenza sending Canadian children to hospital at rates far above normal for this time of year, there are calls for provincial health systems to be more transparent about pediatric flu deaths. https://t.co/EHNkRIiNUz

[Yoni Freedhoff @YoniFreedhoff]

No doubt the solution to Ontario's healthcare crisis is to ask family doctors to run their clinics 24/7 rather than require the public to wear masks for 3-4 weeks in all essential spaces. Also no doubt family doctors will leap at the chance to run their clinics 24/7. Fun!

[Nathalie Dion Team Canada @Nannynannynanoo]

@dylanblackradio @boomottawa Hard to watch, but it's reality. My 2 year old granddaughter, admitted to CHEO yesterday. Dad works in the school system, mom is a nurse. Is doing this to our babies worth the anti mask rhetoric?

[Dr. Lisa Iannattone @lisa_iannattone]

Are people really so blinded by their desire for covid to be a non-issue that they’re willing to sacrifice the safety of children? Where’s the line in the sand guys? Apparently it isn’t “kids on ventilators in ICU in record breaking numbers”… we’re a failed society.

[White Coat Black Art @cbcwhitecoat]

Inside @CHEO's fight to control rising RSV, COVID-19 and flu cases.

@AlexMunter tells @NightShiftMD: “It’s just awful because too many kids already wait too long for planned surgery or a planned procedure. And now we’re having to cancel those.”

https://t.co/3u4n5awDmp

[OCFP @OntarioCollege]

Family Docs are seeing a surge in children experiencing respiratory illness so we created this tip sheet for parents and caregivers.
Learn:
📱When to call a family doc
🏥When to go to the emergency dept
🤒How to manage illness at home

🔗https://t.co/Twtf66wQ4r

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

@FourWinns298 It is extremely noticeable now, every shift, lots of pediatric admits, way more than any of us have ever seen this time of year. This is not sustainable. A normal society would value the health of its children and issue basic precautions at least in schools ffs.

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

No words. And none of the nurses or doctors or parents in that ER are to blame. Something needs to be done. Government has to step up. NOW!

[Yoni Freedhoff @YoniFreedhoff]

It's Saturday afternoon at 4:41pm. A parent has been waiting since they registered their sick child at CHEO's ER last night at 9:38pm and they have yet to be seen by an MD

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

RT @Bullseye_DM: My son was at Sick Kids for two days this week. The ER dept peaked at one point with 300 kids waiting to be seen. Half the seating in the food court area has been cordoned off to extend the ER waiting room. #pediatrics #cdnhealth #CanadaWAITS

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

@MillenSam @drjasonfung @ChrisPalmerMD @OntarioHealthOH @OntarioCollege @ONThealth @OntariosDoctors *Apple sauce

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

I’m not influential enough but maybe some of you who will see this post can help me push this conversation. When will hospital food change??? How is this suppose to help me heal? Admitted with unknown cause of illness. No matter what it is I doubt this will fix it!

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

@MillenSam @drjasonfung @ChrisPalmerMD @OntarioHealthOH @OntarioCollege @ONThealth @OntariosDoctors There was no ice cream. Dessert was the only « fruit » I ever saw, spoke sauce or peaches in fruit juice concentrate.

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

@nicknorwitz And my end of day calculation of protein offered

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

@nicknorwitz I was the patient this week (GP is my day job). Here was my breakfast of champions while trying to heal hepatosplenomegaly from mono.

[Cassandra Poulin, MD @PoulinMD]

I was lucky to have them this weekend when I needed them. The hospital being at full capacity meant I was in the emergency room for 30h before moving to the floor. That’s a bed where so many pts could have been evaluated. Nurses and docs were so caring and are working tirelessly

[Hôpital Montfort @hopitalmontfort]

This morning, the Montfort Emergency Room is at full capacity. All our stretchers are occupied. Of course, we will see everyone who needs care, but expect a longer wait time. (1/3)

[Hôpital Montfort @hopitalmontfort]

This morning, the Montfort Emergency Room is at full capacity. All our stretchers are occupied. Of course, we will see everyone who needs care, but expect a longer wait time. (1/3)