I can:
At issue is what’s known as conscientious objection: when health-care practitioners refuse to do or refer patients for a medical procedure that is against their belief such as abortions, medical assistance in dying or even gender-reassignment surgery.
The conversation comes as Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole was pressed on Thursday to clarify a promise in his party’s platform, under the section detailing human rights, to “protect the conscience rights of health-care professionals.”
“The challenges of dealing with COVID-19 have reminded us of the vital importance of health care professionals — the last thing Canada can afford to do is drive any of these professionals out of their profession. We will also encourage faith-based and other community organizations to expand their provision of palliative and long-term care,” read the promise.
O’Toole refused to say whether that means he believes doctors and nurses should be able to refuse to refer their patients to a willing practitioner who can offer the medical care being sought.
Doctors and nurses (at least ones who care) don't refuse emergency medical treatment.
Abortion as birth control and killing off the elderly does not and should not qualify.
Driving qualified medical staff away when facing an increasingly older and sicker population would be a disaster.
Not that political ideologues who love abortion care.
**
This can come in handy when those flu shots cause more blood clots:
Alberta Health Services says a woman considered dead for 30 minutes was brought back to life by doctors using a new device for what’s believed to have been the first time in Canada.
Brenda Crowell of Calgary developed blood clots shortly after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year. Her health deteriorated quickly and, at one point, medical staff spent 25 minutes performing CPR to keep her alive.
“Her blood pressure had bottomed out. It was extremely low. She went into a state of shock and collapse, and some of her organs were failing,” Jason Wong, an interventional radiologist at Foothills Medical Centre, said at a news conference Thursday.
His team jumped into action after receiving Health Canada approval to use a new device – the Indigo Lightning CAT12 – to extract a deadly blood clot that had made its way into Ms. Crowell’s lungs.
She woke up having no idea how close she had come to death.
“People say there aren’t miracles any more, but there are, because I don’t think I’d be here if it wasn’t for the touch of God,” Ms. Crowell said.
(Sidebar: for any wags insisting that "science" saved this woman, science also says that these flu shots don't prevent hospitalisations due to these flu shots, as is the case in Israel, either, so, shut up.)
**
Really? Is there a law saying that they have to?:
Toronto’s top public health doctor is “strongly” recommending employers put in a workplace policy to encourage their staff members to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
**
A maskless voter is a vote for Justin!:
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault yesterday said his agency will strictly enforce any local mask requirements on Election Day, September 20. Maskless voters will be ejected from polling stations if they defy local health orders, he said: “I think electors have a responsibility.”
**
China's spread virus spares no one:
Scientists have discovered that the coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted the intelligence of children born during it: Living the entirety of their lives in lockdown has seriously stunted their cognitive development.
**
The shortage of hospital beds is becoming more acute across the nation. According to figures compiled Tuesday, the occupancy rate of beds set aside for coronavirus patients had topped 50% — the level placing them at stage four of the four-tier alert system — in at least 22 prefectures, mainly in Tokyo and its surrounding areas, and in the Kansai region. Hospitals are being stretched to the limit. “As soon as a bed opens up, it gets filled again,” one hospital official told The Yomiuri Shimbun. Another said, “In just one day, we had to turn down about 20 urgent requests to take in a patient.”
Another hospital insider said taking an emergency patient by ambulance to a hospital that can accept them “takes three to six hours.”
No comments:
Post a Comment