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Is it safe to go to emergency during COVID-19? CBC Asks 2 ER doctors

How safe are emergency rooms right now? If you go, how will hospitals protect you? We'll answer these questions and more during our Facebook Live Friday at 11:30 a.m. with Dr. Anthony Crocco, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Dr. Alim Pardhan, Emergency Medicine site lead at Hamilton General.

Join our live interview on Friday at 11:30 a.m. on Facebook, send us your questions and comments

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The COVID-19 pandemic has kept patients in need away too long from hospital emergency rooms, doctors say, and it's putting their health at serious risk.

"The emergency departments in Hamilton are safe and we are here to provide care for you when you need it," says Dr. Alim Pardhan, Emergency Medicine site lead at Hamilton General. 

How safe are emergency rooms right now? If you go, how will hospitals protect you? We'll answer these questions and more during our Facebook Live Friday at 11:30 a.m. with Dr. Pardhan and Dr. Anthony Crocco, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Hamilton General.

They'll join the CBC's Conrad Collaco on Facebook Live. Be a part of the discussion. Send us your questions and comments and we'll put them to Dr. Crocco and Dr. Pardhan. Are you more reluctant right now to go to emergency?

Let us know in the comments section below or by email at Hamilton@cbc.ca or on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Dr. Anthony Crocco, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (left) and Dr. Alim Pardhan, Emergency Medicine site lead at Hamilton General take your questions and comments on Friday at 11:30 a.m. during our Facebook Live chat. (Hamilton Health Sciences)

 

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