Emergency rooms are seeing concerning numbers of patients who have waited dangerously long to seek medical care amid the COVID-19 pandemic, says an Edmonton physician. And so the quicker these patients come in, the better outcomes they tend to have. "Edmonton hasn't really seen very many COVID-19 cases thankfully and that's translating to what we're seeing in the emergency department," she said. "If someone thinks they have a serious or life-threatening injury or illness, they should go straight to an emergency department or call 911 immediately." "I do hope that patients who need to come into the emergency department for their medical illness will come in.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2020 17:03 UTC