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Vivian Eliopoulos, interim president and CEO at Vancouver Coastal Health, reflects on the one-year milestone of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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VCH CEO reflects at one-year milestone of pandemic
Published 2:55 PST, Thu March 11, 2021
Last Updated: 3:27 PST, Thu March 11, 2021
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Today (March 11) marks a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Vivian Eliopoulos, the interim president and CEO of Vancouver Coastal Health, recognized the “tremendous work of health-care workers and outstanding support from the communities in our region over the past 12 months.”
“It has been a difficult and challenging year for all of us. At the same time, the arrival of the vaccines—and now the opening of vaccination clinics—have brought with them much needed hope,” she said in a released statement.
Eliopoulos said during the past year, we all have been asked to do more than we have ever had to do at work, at home and in the community to keep each other safe. For many, that has meant being separated from family, friends and loved ones.
“We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to health-care workers at VCH who have braved the uncertain and sometimes unknown, adapted and persevered, and have unwaveringly provided the best care possible to our patients, clients and residents,” she said. “We would also like to extend our gratitude to our community members who continue to make decisions and sacrifices to keep themselves and their loved ones healthy and safe and who join us on the front line of this pandemic by following public health guidelines that are meant to protect us all. To those who have experienced hurt and loss because of COVID-19, our hearts are with you and we share in your sorrow.”
Acknowledging the toll these challenges have taken on our mental health, Eliopoulos encouraged anyone seek struggling with mental health concerns to visit their family doctor or call 8-1-1 or for urgent care to call the Crisis Centre or KUU-US Crisis Response Services.
“For emergencies or if you do not feel like you can be safe right now, call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest emergency room. Help is here,” she said.
“While it has been a long, challenging year, we have continued to endure and persevere, facing our fears, and testing our resilience. We have come together while staying apart. And now, with vaccination clinics opening, additional vaccine arriving and more people in our community becoming immunized from COVID-19, we have hope that we will soon be able to come together in person,” she said.
“We enter the second year of the global pandemic with hope for a better tomorrow.”
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