According to foreign media reports, Dr. Helmut Hollenhorst, head of the cancer care program in Nova Scotia, Canada, warned that the spread of the new crown virus around the world has caused great pressure on the Canadian health care system and caused a lot of backlogs of health care work. "Even if the global COVID-19 pandemic ends abruptly tomorrow, it will take years for us to complete the backlog and rebuild our health care system," he said. ”
According to reports, due to the surge in the number of new crown virus cases, most hospitals in Canada have either completely cancelled the treatment of existing new crown patients or reduced the treatment course of patients.
As of February 10, local time, the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada in a single day was 10,519, and the number of new deaths was 141.
Nosebleeds are not only admitted to the hospital The symptoms of the new crown are not cared about
After confirming that he was infected with the new crown, David, a Chinese student studying in Canada, did not plan to go to the hospital at first, "because after contracting the new crown virus here, he usually isolates himself at home." David told the Red Star News reporter, "After I was infected with the new crown, I had symptoms of breathing difficulties, I had to take a few steps to breathe heavily, and I also had chest pain." ”
However, David never went to the hospital because he knew that the hospital would not accept non-severe COVID-19 patients like him. However, during that time, he had been bleeding from the nose and could not be stopped, and his friend's mother rushed him to the hospital.
↑ Infographic. On December 29, 2021, in Montreal, Canada, the COVID-19 epidemic was severe, and patients were taken to hospitals.
"You know, now that I need to test for nucleic acids in the hospital, I know very well that my results must be positive." However, according to David, after learning that he was positive for the new crown, the hospital did not take any new crown protection measures, but directly carried out blood tests, and after a brief discussion between the two doctors, "the hospital immediately notified me to stay in the hospital for observation." ”
In the hospital, David was given an electrocardiogram and a oximeter. David told the doctor that he had developed chest pain, breathing difficulties and other symptoms because of the new crown virus, but the doctor told him that this was normal, and did not give any treatment plan for the new crown virus, but only recommended that he take some cold medicine. David told Red Star News that doctors felt that his nosebleeds were more worrying than covid-19.
During the two days of observation in the hospital, the hospital did not care about David's new crown condition. On the third day, he was asked to take another blood test, which showed that there was no problem with the blood. Although David was still infected with COVID-19 at the time, doctors asked him to be discharged from the hospital. David explains, "By Canadian standards, I can only be mild. So when the blood test showed that I was simply having a nosebleed, I had to go home and isolate myself. ”
↑ Infographic. An advertisement for vaccinations in Edmonton, Canada.
According to reports, Catherine Smart, president of the Canadian Medical Association, said in an interview with foreign media that people who have been vaccinated against the new crown basically do not need to receive hospitalization if they are infected with the new crown virus. Jenni McCracian, an infectious disease physician at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, also believes that most people infected with COVID-19 can recover on their own at home. "For most people infected with the new crown virus, all that is needed is a thermometer, food and cold medicine," she said. ”
It is reported that the Health Minister of the Canadian province of Quebec has previously announced that in order to solve the problem of the serious shortage of medical service personnel, some medical workers infected with the new crown will be allowed to continue to work, and the province of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, has taken this measure to alleviate the serious shortage of medical service personnel.
Infected with the new crown, but because of the heartache of the foot, I went to the hospital because I only treated other diseases except the new crown
"I felt a sore throat, so I took a self-test with the (COVID-19) Rapid Kit and the results were positive. Then I called the government and they told me to stay at home for 5 days and move around freely if I didn't have symptoms. "Xiao Ma is an international student living in Toronto, after testing himself for the new crown virus, he asked the government whether he needed to go to a professional institution for nucleic acid testing, but was told that he was not qualified to take nucleic acid testing.
↑On December 22, 2021, the epidemic in Alberta, Canada, was severe. The picture shows an ambulance outside the local hospital.
According to Xiao ma, the Canadian government will only provide nucleic acid testing for undiagnosed close contacts of the new crown virus and front-line workers who are in contact with a large number of people, and others can only test for the new crown through rapid test kits.
Xiao Ma told the Red Star News reporter that he could not go to the hospital when he was infected with the new crown, but then he entered the hospital emergency room with foot pain.
"The general emergency department of the hospital does not accept patients who come to the hospital because of the new crown infection, and need to go to the department specializing in the treatment of the new crown, but in general, the doctor does not recommend that patients infected with the new crown enter the hospital." Pony said that if there are no severe symptoms of dyspnea, patients infected with the new crown will not have a chance to be admitted to the hospital.
The day after he was diagnosed with the new crown virus, the pony clearly felt the aggravation of the disease. "My whole respiratory tract hurt so much that I couldn't breathe, my nose hurt, my head was going to explode, and I had a high fever." Xiao Ma said that compared to the symptoms described by others on the Internet as after the new crown infection, he felt that his symptoms were much more serious. "I even suspect I have a more serious illness than COVID-19."
After a few days of self-isolation at home, The pony suddenly felt heartache in his feet, "I found myself cramping in the soles of my feet, so I went to the hospital, and the hospital security guard directly pushed me into the hospital emergency room in a wheelchair, and I was quickly treated." "The doctor x-rayed him, diagnosed plantar fasciitis, and prescribed him medicine. No one cared about his COVID-19 symptoms.
Xiao Ma explained that there are too many people infected with the new crown in Canada, and hospitals cannot treat so many people. "Before the coronavirus appeared, Hospitals in Canada were already overburdened. After the spread of the new crown virus in Canada, many patients who needed surgery have suspended treatment, so now the hospital has no way to provide treatment for new crown patients. ”
Red Star News reporter Fan Xu Intern reporter Li Jinrui
Edited by Zhang Xun
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