Some Alberta physicians are paying premium prices for medical gear on the open market despite the province sending hundreds of thousands of masks and other safety equipment to other provinces, leaving some doctors on the front lines feeling abandoned.
Anmol Kapoor, for example, is a cardiologist in Calgary who recently secured 1,000 masks from a dental supplier in Toronto for $2 each, compared to the 20 cents he usually pays. He has been sharing supplies with other physicians who are running low on protective equipment.
And even if his surplus wasn't shown to be illusory, how does he expect this to play?
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling out Canada's top doctor for advice she gave Canadians at the start of the pandemic and said he will not wait for Health Canada to approve medications, vaccines or tests before rolling them out if other "peer" countries have already approved them.
and personally attacking the Chief public health officer
Kenney said Tam's suggestion that there are problems with testing kits or medicines being approved in the EU or the U.S. was tantamount to saying Canada's allies are approving things that "are dangerous for public use.""This is the same Dr. Tam who is telling us that we shouldn't close our borders to countries with high levels of infection and who in January was repeating talking points out of the [People's Republic of China] about the no evidence of human-to-human transmission," Kenney said. "We are not going to feel constrained under our public health act."This morning radio report on this pomposity included a comment that some of the medicines he is referring to are hydroxycloroquine. Really? He is trumpeting a cure promoted by Donald Trump over medical professionals. This episode will wear as well as his surplus.
Just when Kenney tries his Prime Minister shoes on for size he can't help but tie the laces together.
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