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Has COVID-19 Transformed Health Care?

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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The issue of overcapacity, or hallway medicine, was a problem well before COVID-19, but the pandemic has stretched hospital resources like never before and forced the system to bend in ways that some didn't think possible. In what other ways has the medical system changed for the better because of the pandemic and can they be sustained? We ask: Kwame McKenzie, CEO, Wellesley Institute; Sara Singh, Ontario NDP Deputy Leader; Natalia Kusendova; Registered Nurse; and Susy Hota, Medical Director of Infection Control at University Health Network.
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