Kashif Pirzada

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Kashif Pirzada is an emergency physician in Toronto and faculty member at the University of Toronto and a founder of the Critical Drugs Coalition, a group of pharmaceutical experts, physicians and others working on alleviating future drug shortages in Canada.

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by Joe Vipond Chris Houston Kashif Pirzada Nancy Delagrave Cheryl White

Introducing the Canadian Covid Society – because we need it

It’s time for Canadians to organize and advocate for patients, for ourselves and for our kids. It’s time for better COVID-19 policies from our health authorities and politicians.
by Angela Onkay Ho Lyndal Petit Kashif Pirzada Karen Shin

Ontario’s mental health laws must change to protect our most vulnerable patients

Ontario’s current mental health laws create barriers for front-line physicians to effectively treat patients experiencing psychosis.

by Ahmed Bagit Andreea Manea Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Kashif Pirzada

We need a strategy to deal with Long COVID Syndrome

Long Covid Syndrome has no known treatments. We must support the individuals who suffer from it and prevent its spread by implementing a ZeroCOVID policy.
by Ahmed Bagit Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Kashif Pirzada Saad Ahmed

Canada must double-down on mRNA production to overcome vaccine nationalism

What is our Plan B if future disruptions arise this year? Are we going to continue to wait, allowing community spread, more variants and more deaths?
by Ahmed Bagit Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Saad Ahmed Kashif Pirzada Urooj Khan

Anti-vaxxers may be a lost cause but the vaccine-hesitant must be brought on board
by Wendy Wang Ahmed Bagit Amirpouyan Namavarian Abdulwahab Sidiqi Kashif Pirzada

Speed is of the essence: Canada falling behind in rapid COVID testing
by Ahmed Bagit Kashif Pirzada

Drug Shortages: The next crisis in the pandemic

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