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PUBLISHED: 14/05/2020 It’s estimated more than 100 thousand medical procedures and elective surgeries have been cancelled so hospitals can focus on COVID-19. For those in need of surgical or a medical procedure, how long must they wait? When the pandemic arrived in Canada, hospitals had a singular focus, treat those infected with COVID-19. All other treatments and procedures were cancelled. In the first month of the pandemic, more than 40 percent of cancer surgeries were scrubbed. Earlier this week, a breath of hope for them came from the province of Ontario that some treatments and procedures would slowly resume in hospitals. Each one will have to submit a plan of opening to the province for approval. ———————————— GUESTS: Mike Schreiner - Leader Green Party of Ontario/MPP Guelph -https://gpo.ca/mike-schreiner-leader/ Dr.Marc Ruel - VP Canadian Cardiovascular Society & Surgeon with the Ottawa Heart Institute - https://www.ottawaheart.ca/physician-researcher-profile/ruel-marc ———————————— REFERENCES: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/three-minutes-of-silence-held-for-three-personal-support-workers-lost-to-covid-19-1.4926582 https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9968608-north-york-psw-dies-as-a-result-of-coronavirus/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/second-ontario-psw-dies-of-covid-19-in-less-than-two-weeks-1.4917827 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/why-covid-19-has-personal-support-workers-feeling-uneasy-during-home-care-visits-1.5520722 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/30/until-covid-19-hit-psws-received-almost-no-recognition-thats-changed.html https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/government-needs-step-support-health-care-workers-horwath https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mother-who-contracted-covid-19-in-ontario-long-term-care-home-left-gasping-for-air-in-final-moments-1.4898854?cache=%3Fot%3DAjaxLayout https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/psw-death-sheds-light-on-risk-facing-health-care-workers-home-care-patients-1.4922566 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/union-long-term-care-inquiry-1.5556136 https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/seventh-ontario-psw-dies-of-covid-19