Long COVID patient feels ‘discarded’ by N.L. government, says it’s deflecting responsibility for condition – CBC
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says long COVID within the realm of ‘acute care’
Nov 02, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says addressing and treating long COVID isn’t within the purview of public health.
It’s left some patients in the province feeling left behind.
“There’s so many people that are likely suffering that have no clue because there is no provincial directive,” said Stacey Alexander, a teacher from Corner Brook who has been suffering from long COVID since the beginning of 2020.
“I feel discarded.”
Long COVID researchers say the condition, in which a cluster of symptoms persist long after an initial infection of COVID-19, has affected nearly 15 per cent of Canadian adults with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection. An estimated 2.4 million Canadians have developed long COVID since the beginning of December 2021.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/long-covid-nl-1.7013790
