NOSM medical students are making homemade masks, in an effort to save N95 and surgical masks for front-line health-care workers who need them most.
Photos were supplied by medical students Doniya Quenneville and Jenny Thomas.
Student volunteers help increase PPE distribution to hospitals and clinics across Northern Ontario
Over 100 student volunteers from NOSM, Lakehead University and Laurentian University are working together to collect and redistribute existing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to those who need it most. In addition, they’re producing and distributing face shields via 3D printing and laser cutting.
The volunteers are in over 30 communities across the North, and have developed this effort in conjunction with the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Medical Student Association.
Read more about how NOSM and its partners are working together to alleviate the shortage of PPE.
We are in this for the Long Haul: The Reality of COVID-19 in Northern Ontario
It is now clear that the COVID-19 crisis will go on for much longer than any of us thought. We are adjusting our daily routines and our lives in all kinds of ways, learning to self-isolate, work from home and endure anxiety about our health, our families and for the health-care providers with whom we work at NOSM. In a region as large as this, we know the critical importance of relying on one another for support.
