In a video message posted today, MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) voiced her support for the recognition of physician assistants (PAs) as frontline health care workers during COVID-19. CAPA member Sarah Flanagan, a certified physician assistant practicing at Sanctuary… Read more »
Posts By: Andrea Tiwari
Medical clinic opens in Port Colborne amid pandemic
May 5th, 2020Niagara South Family Medicine is a one-stop clinic in Port Colborne that opened in April 2020 to meet the needs of the Wainfleet, Port Colborne, south Welland and west Fort Erie areas. PA Laura Bettger is an integral team member… Read more »
CAPA Letter to Premier Ford on Exclusion of PAs From Pandemic Support
May 1st, 2020May 1, 2020 Dear Premier Ford and Deputy Premier Elliott, We are writing today regarding your government’s continued exclusion of physician assistants (PAs) as frontline health care workers who are eligible for temporary pandemic payments. Your policy is an excellent… Read more »
Frontline Heroes: Meet the Ontario PAs Fighting COVID-19
May 1st, 2020Ken Crosby, CCPA North Bay Regional Health Centre—Critical Care “I am a working full-time in a Critical Care Unit. I don and doff PPE on a daily basis in assessing and managing patients with suspected COVID-19. The support of PAs… Read more »
Some Ontario front-line workers left behind on pay premiums during pandemic
May 1st, 2020Many health-care professionals are risking their health and safety every day during this pandemic, but not all Ontario front-line workers are receiving pay premiums…read more and watch the story.