COVID-19 delaying life-saving transgender surgeries, doctor warns
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With surgeries cancelled due to COVID-19, patients and healthcare workers are worried about a backlog and even longer wait times for surgeries and other forms of treatment for gender diverse people.
Dr. Michael Marshall, founder and medical director of The LGBTQ+ Wellness Centre in Edmonton, told CBC's Edmonton AM that the pandemic has not only put a halt on surgeries and treatments but also diminished access to care from the community for transgender people.
"Community supports are a large part of transgender care because there has been a longstanding institutionalized sanctioned lack of care," he said Monday.
He said most gender diverse people don't have support within their own homes and families, which is why peer groups and community support are vital.
Surgeries and other treatments such as hormone intervention were already heavily delayed even before the pandemic for transgender people, he said, but the current backlog will make things only worse.
"That is the worry," he said.
Allison Thompson, a clinical administrator at The LGBTQ+ Wellness Centre, said transitioning and getting hormones was life-saving for her.
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