ER doctor says B.C. not testing enough for COVID-19, provincial health officer disagrees
An emergency room doctor on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 says British Columbia isn't testing enough, and worries the public might become complacent just when physical distancing measures are most needed to curb the disease's spread.
Dr. Sean Wormsbecker — who works at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., and Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody — posted a YouTube video this weekend outlining his concerns.
Since the novel coronavirus began spreading in B.C., he says he's sent four cases from the ER to the intensive care unit, and other confirmed cases to the general wards of the hospitals.
Every shift, he says he sends three or four likely COVID-19 cases home, telling them to self-quarantine for 14 days, without testing — as he's been told to do.
"That scares me," he said in the video.
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ER doctor says B.C. not testing enough for COVID-19, provincial health officer disagrees
An emergency room doctor on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 says British Columbia isn't testing enough, and worries the public might become complacent just when physical distancing measures are most needed to curb the disease's spread.
Dr. Sean Wormsbecker — who works at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., and Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody — posted a YouTube video this weekend outlining his concerns.
Since the novel coronavirus began spreading in B.C., he says he's sent four cases from the ER to the intensive care unit, and other confirmed cases to the general wards of the hospitals.
Every shift, he says he sends three or four likely COVID-19 cases home, telling them to self-quarantine for 14 days, without testing — as he's been told to do.
"That scares me," he said in the video.
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ER doctor says B.C. not testing enough for COVID-19, provincial health officer disagrees
