Switch Health

Switch Health is a Canadian company that provides COVID-19 testing services. The company was founded in Toronto in 2020.

Switch Health
IndustryHealth
FoundedMarch 2020
Headquarters
Toronto
,
Canada
Area served
Canada
Key people
Dilian Stoyanov (CEO), Mary Langley (Chief Strategy Officer), Marc Thomson (COO), and Olga Jilani (CFO)
ServicesMedical testing
Websitewww.switchhealth.ca

Organization

It is lead by chief executive officer Dilian Stoyanov. Other key staff include Mary Langley (chief strategy officer), Marc Thomson (chief operating officer), and Olga Jilani (chief financial officer).[1] Board members include politician and former federal health minister Rona Ambrose.[1] Jeff Silverstein works as a lobbyist for the company.[2]

Activities and history

The company was founded in Toronto in March 2020.[3] It provides services to enable home self-testing for COVID-19 and provides testing services for organizations including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Hockey League,[1] Air Canada,[4] Ontario Health,[5] and the Government of Canada.[6]

The company's reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification test were used as an alternative to Polymerase chain reaction tests.[7] In 2021, the company was criticised by Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole who stated that "one in six of their tests have failed to deliver a test result within the 14-day quarantine period”.[8]

By February 2022, the company had 2,000 employees.[3] During 2022, the company was developing products for home testing for sexual transmitted diseases.[3]

References
  1. O'Connor, Joe (14 September 2020). "How four millennials came out of nowhere to dominate the mobile COVID-19 testing industry". Financial Post. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. "Local MPP concerned Ontario hired private company for COVID-19 farm testing". CBC. 14 June 2020.
  3. Rinaldi, Luc (2022-02-14). "How to Pivot Your Business Out of the Pandemic". Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. "Air Canada Says Test Kits Simplify Meeting U.S. Requirements". TravelPulse. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. La Grassa, Jennifer (15 July 2020). "Ontario Health defends hiring private company for COVID-19 farm testing". CBC.
  6. "Ottawa's bill for COVID-19 tests for travellers arriving in Canada climbs to $1.2-billion". The Globe and Mail. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  7. Burman, Dilshad (25 Nov 2021). "A traveller's warning about Air Canada-promoted Switch Health COVID-19 test kits". CityNews. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  8. "O'Toole questions federal government's contract with Switch Health for COVID-19 border testing | Watch News Videos Online". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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