I was hoping to get something out to the membership yesterday but it was a long 24 hours. Don working his butt off for us.
We interpreted the Premier's announcement as directly applicable to our private clinics and a return to full service including elective surgery etc. The problem again begins and ends with COCOO. As you may have seen, they have stated that we must remain under current restrictions until "Directive #2" has been amended or revoked. We have been lobbying political contacts to pressure the Ministry but the ultimate decision has to come from the Chief Medical Officer of Ontario unless the COCOO legal team provides an alternate solution which is unlikely. We have been connecting with the CMO and Command Table regularly and doubling up our efforts with the OSC.
Nothing with our College ever goes smoothly. COCOO should be separating our provider's risks and benefits to the public from the other Colleges yet they seem to want to just take the path of least resistance again.
I'm trying over and over to share data and stories with COCOO, MPPs, media etc about the risks of delaying our care to diabetics and the elderly. Every bad outcome, amputation, death due to immobility from foot pain should be blamed directly on those that failed to act.
