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With an ordinary beginning to the year, little did I suspect a virus pandemic and a near future bleak reality awaiting. The earliest cases detected in the UK were in late January. Despite not belonging to any vulnerable group at that time, exaggerated media reports of young individuals rapidly deteriorating, requiring ventilator support and some even dying did cause fear in our minds. Unsurprisingly, crowding being the most common risk factor for spread, London soon saw exponential growth in its COVID-19 cases. Simple public health measures like frequent hand sanitising and avoiding frequent touching of the face failed to reduce the virus spread, and the increasing case load led to full blown lockdown in late March. The parliament of the UK granted the government emergency powers to handle the pandemic and police were empowered to enforce lockdown. Fear of disaster and supply shortage led to panic buying. The situation slowly started improving in May and the government is looking at gradually relaxing lockdown measures.
Major and drastic changes were made in the NHS. The health trust I work in is one of the five most affected trusts in the whole of UK. Diagnostic radiologists started working from home exclusively, including attending multidisciplinary meetings via online conferencing softwares. Interventional radiology services fell overnight to an emergency-only service. An experienced radiologist colleague was designated the Radiology COVID lead who collaborated with the other departments and hospital management to bring about necessary changes in Radiology to meet the demands of this pandemic. Vetting of planned cases and categorization into various classes of urgency and severity ensued. (more…)
This COVID pandemic has shown us how an organization can step up and give a remarkable display of innovation, collaboration, dedication, decision-making, service reconfiguration and workforce re-design.
The strength of CAIR is in our members, and it is through membership and engaged members that CAIR is able to advance our profession.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and difficulty with in-person meetings, the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology (CAIR) is introducing a new initiative, the Virtual Angio Club (CAIR VAC).
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Led by Dr. Kevin Shixiao He, resident representative on the CAIR Board and inaugural Chair of the RFS, the new section had its first meeting in June with more than a dozen of representatives, and will soon be present in all of the 16 radiology residency programs across Canada.
I look forward to connecting with you and working together to further strengthen and CAIR for an amazing community of interventional radiology professionals.
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Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and the physical distancing requirements across the country, the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology (CAIR) will be holding a virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) for its members on June 11th, 2020 at 8:00 pm EST.
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The CAIR's Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Luciana Nechita as CAIR’s new Executive Director
Led by Dr. Kevin Shixiao He, resident representative on the CAIR Board and inaugural Chair of the RFS, the new section had its first meeting in June with more than a dozen of representatives, and will soon be present in all of the 16 radiology residency programs across Canada. The main goal of the RFS is to be a strong voice of IR and CAIR locally at the trainees’ level. Among other exciting projects, it will work closely with medical students groups to host the IR Discovery Cocktails series, a CAIR initiative aimed at attracting the best minds of the next generation of physicians to the sub-specialty of IR.