COVID-19.“This is truly a desperate time for us all and we are now making very challenging decisions to avoid a total collapse,” said Dr.
Steven Jackson, vice president of medical planning and chief of staff at Mackenzie Health.“Many physicians will be asked to help out, even if this is an area with which they have little recent experience.” Ontario hospitals told to ‘ramp down’ all elective, non-emergency surgeries due to COVID-19 The memo obtained by Global News and dated April 12 calls for physicians from across York Region to help at ICUs in Mackenzie Health’s two hospitals; Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital.Jackson’s memo also addresses doctors within its own hospitals’ practice areas in asking them to.