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Dr. Jennifer Rogerson says the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the system to adopt a tele-health model that had been in the works for a number of years.
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A shift in the way health care is provided in South Delta has been a positive to come out of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jennifer Rogerson of the Harvest Drive Family Practice in Ladner said she and her col-
leagues throughout the community have had to move quickly to ensure all patients are receiving the highest care possible. One of those shifts has been to a tele-health model whereby more care is handled over the phone and in a virtual way. “I certainly think it was a stressful time in health care. There was so much need for
such rapid transformation so quickly,” she said. “I think one of the things that became quite clear was how well the Delta Division of Family Practice could work with the Delta Hospital physicians and administration and Fraser Health in helping us to coordinate our care in our community in South Delta.” SEE HEALTH: page 3
An anti-racism march is planned for South Delta this Saturday. Delta Families Against Racism was recently created as an online group to connect, support and acknowledge the need for change within the community. The Facebook group was created by Julia Johnson Baker and Kate Henderson. “We have been feeling like there is a disconnection with our own community on racism... particularly if we dare to read comments in some local Facebook groups,” said Baker. “This said, we also know there are so many that stand together on this issue in our Delta communities. As such, some other parents and I came together over the past few days to form Delta Families Against Racism. Within an hour there was over a couple hundred members that had committed to the hard work of learning how to be anti-racist.” Saturday’s march starts at 4 p.m. at city hall in Ladner and will take a route around the civic precinct. “We believe this creates a community-driven movement
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that is also safe for our children to attend,” said Baker. “I have been in touch with both tweens and teens locally that have expressed such passionate interest and commitment to this need.” Henderson said while there isn’t necessarily racism where you feel physically unsafe in our community, there is an undercurrent of unconscious racism. “I think for a long time both Julia and I are feeling a lot of what many in the community feel with racism in Delta, that it is kind of a different type of racism. It’s not in your face or people physically getting hurt, there is a different undercurrent and one that we want to address,” added Henderson. Both Baker and Henderson stress that Saturday’s march is a family-oriented event, and are asking that everyone wear masks and social distance to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols. “The work of anti-racism is a long road and a continuum and we hope this is a start for all of our community members to acknowledge Delta as a whole has work to do and that we are committed to the learning and growth necessary for anti-racism in Delta,” said Henderson.
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