A Winnipeg health centre is feeling the effects of COVID-19 — but on their clients’ mental health, not their physical wellbeing.
Calls to Klinic Community Health’s crisis line are up as many people struggle with anxiety and stress during the pandemic. “We’ve noticed about a ten per cent increase in our calls,” Sandra Fotty, crisis program manager at Klinic, said. “People are talking about a lot of different things they’re finding distressing now — and some things that they might be distressed about already, but the COVID situation is just increasing that distress overall.” “We can have a conversation about that and offer some support and offer some compassion and work together to try to look at different perspectives — that’s kind of what