Dr. Neeja Bakshi, an internal medicine physician based in Edmonton, runs a post-COVID clinic out of her private practice to help patients with long COVID. Doctors say demand is growing for specialized clinics to treat post-COVID condition, also known as long COVID, in part due to increased awareness of what symptoms are. Lacks funding and physiciansAt Bakshi's long-COVID clinic, patients are first tested for acute infections in their organs and then given a quality-of-life assessment. She believes the demand is caused by increasing recognition of what post-COVID symptoms are, by health care providers and patients. Thiele says having post-COVID condition has stopped her from doing her favourite activities, like hiking and riding horses.

Source: CBC News June 17, 2022 03:38 UTC