North York General Hospital (NYGH) emergency room on Friday, she said she got a different kind of scare. “A lady came in and she said that she had gotten a positive COVID test and she was there for retesting.
She didn’t want to sit with everyone else,” Crowe explained. “She was told that she had to [and that the area] had to be clear for the paramedics to come through.”Crowe had assumed people coming in for testing would be asked to wait in a separate area.
She said while everyone was wearing masks, it was difficult to adhere to physical distancing measures. “It was a really busy night and it was really hard to social distance,” Crowe said. “They do have people separated by chairs, but… everyone is kind of in together.