Doctors are opening
their doors to non-
COVID patients,
but can we get over our fear
of medical spaces?
BY BRENNA HOLLAND
I
've been thinking recently about
the well-known phrase: justice
too long delayed is justice
denied. is legal maxim refers
to the need within our criminal
justice system to bring swi redress
to victims—and if you fail to do so
in a timely matter, it's just as bad as
never doing it at all.
is concept is true too within
our medical institutions, as we've
seen play out during the COVID-19
pandemic. Quick and efficient
medical care, as we now know, is
an essential part of living a free
and healthy life—and care too long
delayed is a recipe for disaster.
Primary care doctors across the
country are starting to publicly voice
their concern that delayed care,
largely due to widespread fear of
entering medical spaces, will result
in their patients' treatable conditions
snowballing into something more
serious.
Stephen Brunnquell, MD, is an
internist and primary care doctor
with nearly 30 years of experience
practicing here in North Jersey. He
is the president of the Englewood
Health Physician Network and
a member of the Park Medical
Group, with offices in Tenafly and
Harrington Park.
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