It’s not how Dr. William Cherniak pictured it would go.
The emergency room doctor at Markham Stouffville Hospital north of Toronto is co-founder of a group called Bridge to Health, a Canadian non-governmental organization that delivers medical and dental aid to countries around the world.
He had just received approval for a pilot project to train doctors in Yemen to use portable ultrasound machines. Then came COVID-19.
“Initially, we were supposed to actually fly in and bring the devices with us for an initial one-week training period, but then, the pandemic kicked in just as we got approval for the grant,” he said.
Dr. William Cherniak, an emergency
