Walker Panel
The Walker Panel is also known as Ontario's Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control. The Panel was established by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in May 2003. On 15 December 2003 the Panel released its Initial Report, which provided a series of 53 recommendations requiring urgent action. The Final Report of the Walker Panel was released in April 2004. It contained 103 recommendations.[1][2][3][4]
SARS highlighted to the Panel key longstanding shortfalls with respect to infection control, including a need for provincial standards, shortages of necessary human resources and training opportunities, and facility design barriers.[citation needed]
Members
The members of the Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control were:[citation needed]
- Dr. David Walker (medical academic), Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Director, School of Medicine, Queen’s University (Chair)
- Dr. Wilbert Keon, Chief Executive Officer, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (retired, April 2004) and Senator, Senate of Canada
- Dr. Andreas Laupacis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
- Dr. Donald Low, Chief of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
- Dr. Kieran Moore, Emergency Room Physician, Sudbury Regional Hospital
- Dr. Jack Kitts, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ottawa Hospital
- Ms. Leslie Vincent (nurse), Senior Vice President, Nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
- Dr. Robin Williams (paediatrician), Medical Officer of Health, Niagara Region and Clinical Professor, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University
References
- ^ Cathy Paterson, Michael George Tyshenko (2014). SARS Unmasked: Risk Communication of Pandemics and Influenza in Canada. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780773576858.
- ^ Stark, Alastair (2018). Public Inquiries, Policy Learning, and the Threat of Future Crises. Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780192567987.
- ^ Duffin, Jacalyn (2006). SARS in Context: Memory, History, and Policy. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780773576841.
- ^ "Walker Report". CBC. 23 April 2004.