More than 50 senior healthcare professionals met on February 17, 2020, to conduct a tabletop simulation to prepare for the arrival at the JGH of a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19. The exercise was co-chaired and co-organized by Dr. Marc Afilalo, Chief of Emergency Services (centre in white coat), and Dr. Paul Brisebois (centre left, in dark jacket), an Emergency physician. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversarySeptember 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Preparing the JGH for its first COVID-19 patients

At a crucial meeting in February 2020, dozens of senior JGH healthcare professionals finalized plans to admit the first COVID-19 patients.

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