Edmonton resident Cathy Fox would rather be in the hospital visiting her dad. Instead, she sat in the car. “He was diagnosed with aggressive stage four cancer.

This is just hard,” Fox said Sunday. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be OK with this but it’s out of our control.” She said she used to visit him every other day.

The last time was Friday — the same day Alberta Health banned most visitors at hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “With few exceptions, patients in hospital will no longer be able to have any visitors in person,” chief medical officer of health Dr.

Deena Hinshaw said Friday. “Please plan to support loved ones in hospital with virtual visits instead.” Fox went to the hospital Sunday with her mother, who was the only one

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