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In this edition of Today in BC, host Peter McCully chats with provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, who was asked what training she would have received in the Canadian Armed Forces that would serve her well in her current role.
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Henry worked in Toronto and was the operational head on the response to the SARS outbreak as well as the Ebola outbreak overseas in Uganda. Those experiences made her uneasy when word started to come out of China about what was spreading there.
91裸聊视频淚 was one of the medical officers of health at the City of Toronto working with Toronto Public Health when SARS happened in 2003,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 think back a lot to late 2019, early 2020. What we were hearing was so similar to what we were hearing in late 2002.91裸聊视频�
Henry commented on the current conditions surrounding COVID-19.
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McCully wondered if Henry was able to relax and get away and not think about the job?
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A mailbag question from a Today in BC Podcast listener asked what could be done about the shortage of family doctors.
Henry said this question was not in her area of having a lot of influence, but noted: 91裸聊视频淚 believe we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the system.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭his is not unique to B.C. or to Canada,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 think around the globe, we91裸聊视频檙e seeing stretched health care resources. During this pandemic, we91裸聊视频檝e also made some big leaps ahead. Things like virtual care, it91裸聊视频檚 expanded people91裸聊视频檚 ability in more remote communities to get access to care. But we also know that you can91裸聊视频檛 only see people remotely. We need to have that interaction in a safe space as well.91裸聊视频�
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