Health committee  Yes, there are meetings planned. There is a commitment to ongoing work, which I understand is proceeding quite quickly, to produce a very simple algorithmic pathway for people to look at to help them with clinical decision-making. And other tools will be made available. Our asso

Health committee  If I may, I think I articulated for you what the CMA believes are the three gaps. To address your specific question about surge capacity, I'm sorry but I don't have absolute numbers for you. I'm sure we can get them for you if you want them.

Health committee  What I would encourage you to think about is that over the last 10 to 15 years we have been driving towards using our facilities at greater than 95% capacity, particularly our in-patient facilities. There is no capacity. So if we're talking about surge capacity in the context of

Health committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Madam Chair. The Canadian Medical Association is pleased to address the committee as part of its ongoing study of H1N1 planning and response. In the broad context of pandemic planning, the CMA has focused on developing information and education to