Northern Health has just outlined how local doctors are approaching appointments with their patients during these days of COVID, with the Prince Rupert medical community now shifting towards a tele-medicine approach to appointments.
In a Post to the Northern Health Prince Rupert Facebook page, the new process during COVID health emergency is outlined:
All Prince Rupert physicians continue to work seeing patients by telemedicine. You can phone your GP to discuss your medical issues. If you have access to video chat, we do video chat visits. Some patients are emailing photos to their doctor to help diagnose their medical issues. For patients under specialist care, our specialists are offering telemedicine appointments as well.Northern Health also advises that residents of the community should not go to Emergency for minor health related matters.
Please do not go to the emergency room for minor issues such as prescription refills, diaper rashes, etc. Due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission, we are saving the emergency room for serious emergencies only. Earaches, bladder infections, rashes, minor injuries, depression, anxiety, diabetes, asthma, etc., can often be dealt with by a phone call or video chat with your doctor.
The full advisory, along with the local protocols in place should you believe you have COVID-19 related issues can be reviewed below or from this link to the Facebook page posting:
Northern Health also outlines that for those who do not have a family doctor in the community, that they can access health information and advice by calling 8-1-1 for further guidance.
For more notes related to local COVID-19 response see our archive page here.
The list of Provincial and Federal advisories can be reviewed here.
More items of interest related to Northern Health are available here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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