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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Injury time: Hosting the World Cup will put huge pressure on our hospitals
Description: The beautiful game could have some ugly consequences for Canadian hospitals.As Canada prepares to co-host the World Cup — with 13 matches set for Toronto and Vancouver — a new editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal warns about the potential risks to our already-strained healthcare system.A mass casualty event or a disease outbreak would inflict huge pressure on local hospitals, “which are already at capacity or stretched,” the editorial reads.“Canada is increasingly vulnerable to events that may result in a surge in health care utilization, including climate emergencies, mass gathering events, infectious disease ou...