Anxiety over the novel coronavirus is playing out in New Westminster, where a medical clinic says it’s battling its landlord over its role as a COVID-19 testing site. “I needed to step up and set up this space because it was so urgently required,” said Dr.
Lydia Waterson of Royal Columbia Medical Clinic. Waterson’s clinic has become a dedicated pandemic test site, a function that gathers valuable personal protective equipment (PPE) in one place and limits potential exposure at other clinics by centralizing symptomatic people.
During the pandemic, the clinic is being funded and supplied by Fraser Health and the Ministry of Health. “We’re just trying to stem the tide and keep everybody safe, protect and keep our patients home, and screen the