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Canada’s ability to respond to a national health crisis hampered by jurisdictional issues, untested emergency plans

Ann Silversides
CMAJ June 09, 2009 180 (12) 1193-1194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090870
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    Dr. Daniel Kollek says Canada has “such an opportunity” to improve preparedness for the health impacts of disasters and emergencies. Image courtesy of ©2006 Waterloo Region Record, Ontario, Canada

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    Ontario’s Emergency Medical Assistance Team was deployed to Thunder Bay, Ont., in late 2008 as part of a larger provincial exercise to test readiness to respond to severe weather and critical infrastructure failure. Pictured above is the team’s mobile hospital. Image courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

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