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Ajay Shah: Front Lines and Care Home

ajay shah: Ajay Shah, a 23-year-old medical student, was one of hundreds of medical students who mobilized to volunteer on the front lines, according to CTV. He spent seven weeks at the heart of the crisis a long-term care home in Toronto. While some universities in the U.S. and Europe graduated medical students early to join the front lines in the fight against COVID-19, Canadian medical students had to search for other ways to help. I remember constantly worrying that I was going to get COVID and become very sick, he told CTV News. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox It became very evident that we needed all hands on deck, he said. It wasn't an unjustified fear -- most of the residents in Shah's ward had tested positive for COVID-19. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.