While closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected people around the world, a lack of access to some specialized services can have a significant impact on some who are already struggling.
Jon Waldman of Fertility Matters told 680 CJOB the closure of most fertility clinics across Canada — as doctors are being redirected elsewhere in the medical system — has added more stress to an already emotionally-fraught experience for many couples.
Adding to the frustration is that Wednesday marked the annual Infertility Awareness Week, a time when these issues are brought to the forefront. “It is soul-crushing, there’s no other way to put it,” Waldman said. “To be thinking you’re going toward a solution and all of a sudden you have to have a
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