"Alarming surge in ICU admissions in Ontario has prompted one critical care doctor to urge Ottawa and the Ford government to coordinate the transfer of ICU nurses from other provinces to Ontario"
Today there are a record 585 COVID-19 patients in ICU.
The problem when ICU beds fill up was made clear in this article yesterday where concern about the 3rd wave in Brazil is high.
One doctor says she is seeing firsthand "the collapse of the country's health-care system under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic. Heart attack and car accident victims, she said, aren't guaranteed an ICU bed, and surgeries are being cancelled. There's a waiting list for ICU beds that are filled with COVID-19 patients who, unlike early in the pandemic, are younger and have no underlying medical conditions.
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Today there are a record 585 COVID-19 patients in ICU.
The problem when ICU beds fill up was made clear in this article yesterday where concern about the 3rd wave in Brazil is high.
One doctor says she is seeing firsthand "the collapse of the country's health-care system under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic. Heart attack and car accident victims, she said, aren't guaranteed an ICU bed, and surgeries are being cancelled. There's a waiting list for ICU beds that are filled with COVID-19 patients who, unlike early in the pandemic, are younger and have no underlying medical conditions.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-covid-bolsonaro-threat-1.5980507?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
