Leadership is elusive. In a previous article , I stress the fact that leadership is more of an art than a science; that it is more intimately tied to the individual. Vision, personality, style and ways of doing things are all but a few examples of leadership traits that people refer to. But what is […]
The pandemic generated waves of direct and indirect consequences. As the fight against it unfolded, many parameters of responsible behavior were affected. When under attack, our good habits gave way to expedient solutions in order to deal with the threat. In that context, evidence of the magnitude of what our pandemic response meant for the […]
The pandemic hit hard in early 2020. So hard that it felt like the entire world was collapsing: countries were shutting down, stock markets were plummeting and people were running scared. Healthcare systems were in crisis management mode. All hands were on deck to fight the virus; its spread and damages. Capacity-building and mitigating measures […]
Easy access to care is one of the most critical problems that needs to be addressed in our health systems. This is further exacerbated by the fact that not everyone has a family physician. Access to family physicians is, indeed, also a challenge in itself as up to 25% of provincial populations do not have […]
When one is out of breath, coughs or makes noise when breathing, logic would have it that one needs to consult a respirologist, right? Wrong. Access to healthcare is based on a hierarchy of care known as “levels of care” or “tiers of service”. That’s why we often hear expressions such as “primary care”, “secondary […]
Battlefields are often times sights of destruction, suffering and despair. They may also be the stage where heroism can take place and out of them can also emerge signs of hope for the future. Even though some may, for good reasons, disagree with the use of such analogy, it is hard not to feel that […]
