From acquiring game-changing technology to navigating the sixth wave, Unity Health Toronto experts offered insights this week into our rapidly changing world. Here are our top media hits for the week of April 9-14.

Portable MRI machine could revolutionize health care, Ontario doctors say
The Canadian Press on April 11, 2022
Feature of technology acquired by St. Michael’s; interviews with Dr. Andrew Baker, Dr. Aditya Bharatha, Dr. Tim Dowdell

St. Michael’s has acquired a portable MRI scanner that doctors say is a game changer. The Canadian Press speaks with the team involved and features how the machine will revolutionize patient care.

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The role of Paxlovid in tackling COVID-19’s sixth wave
CBC The Current on April 12, 2022
Interview with Dr. Tara Kiran

Only 1 per cent of the available Paxlovid antiviral treatments for COVID-19 have been used in Ontario. Dr. Tara Kiran, family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, speaks to CBC The Current about who qualifies for the drug and what might be holding up the rollout.

How accurate is your rapid test now? Experts weigh in as Omicron fuels sixth wave
CBC News on April 11, 2022
Interview with Dr. Prabhat Jha

Dr. Prabhat Jha, director of the Centre for Global Health Research at St. Michael’s Hospital, weighs in on how to best use rapid antigen tests amid a sixth wave of COVID.

Ontario government launching independent review into WSIB process for toxic workplaces
The Hamilton Spectator on April 12, 2022
Feature of provincial collaboration with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions

Researchers at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital will conduct an independent review on behalf of the province of the systems in place to identify and help workers who fall ill after being exposed to workplace toxins.

Family’s scramble to find COVID drug Paxlovid for their ailing dad highlights challenges with access
Toronto Star on April 9, 2022
Interview with Dr. Tara Kiran

Many people with COVID who would qualify for Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that can prevent hospitalization, don’t realize they qualify or don’t know how to access it, says Dr. Tara Kiran, family physician at Unity Health.

Precarious work, unfair wage, not enough sick days: What experts say is exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic
Toronto Star on April 8, 2022
Interview with Dr. Danyaal Raza

Dr. Danyaal Raza, family physician at St. Michael’s and co-author of a new report from the Decent Work and Health Network, says a lack of paid sick days has created an “impossible choice” between staying home when sick or not being able to afford rent or food.

The Landlord and Tenant Board must resume in-person hearings
Toronto Star on April 11, 2022
Opinion piece by Dr. Nav Persaud and Dr. Stephen Hwang

Dr. Nav Persaud and Dr. Stephen Hwang, physicians at St. Michael’s Hospital, write a piece in the Toronto Star calling for a return of in-person Landlord and Tenant Board hearings, arguing that virtual hearings tilt the hearings in favour of landlords