This recent editorial in the Globe and Mail speaks volumes on what has been missing in our pre-COVID primary care healthcare system in Nanaimo, B.C. and Canada.
Not to be labour the point, but in 2017, Nanaimo had a comprehensive and cost effective solution to help then (see March 2020 blogpost Nanaimo has too many Family Physicians…).
Fast forward to 2020, Blue Sky Family Medicine is a key ingredient going forward in a post-COVID world to help change the narrative and help the health of an entire planet. Relational Continuity with a Family Doctor (and team who help heal physical, mental, spiritual and socioeconomic health) in a hub with a comprehensive coverage network (hospital to home) really is not rocket science. Unfortunately, the pre-COVID bureaucratic and governmental systems in place could not get the job done in a timely nor functional fashion.
Watching my colleagues and only key leaders plan and innovate for the COVID pandemic has been refreshing and inspiring because without the bureaucracy and governmental systems getting in the way… stuff got done!
My only hope is when things begin to settle that we are listening and learn from these essential lessons.
Peace.
Blue Sky Family Medicine 
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