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A record number of critically ill COVID-19 patients were moved around Ontario hospitals Wednesday cumulatively covering thousands of kilometres as the province struggles to juggle patients between a dwindling supply of available hospital beds.
More movement much more is coming, as Ontario health officials brace for Toronto-area hospitals to be hit hard by the third wave of COVID, fuelled by more contagious variants.
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The relocation of 36 patients from Ontario intensive care units to ICU beds in other regions Wednesday comes as ICU hospital workers fear time is running out to ease demand on medical facilities and staff in the province’s COVID hotspot.
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A record number of critically ill COVID-19 patients were moved around Ontario hospitals Wednesday cumulatively covering thousands of kilometres as the province struggles to juggle patients between a dwindling supply of available hospital beds.
More movement much more is coming, as Ontario health officials brace for Toronto-area hospitals to be hit hard by the third wave of COVID, fuelled by more contagious variants.
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The relocation of 36 patients from Ontario intensive care units to ICU beds in other regions Wednesday comes as ICU hospital workers fear time is running out to ease demand on medical facilities and staff in the province’s COVID hotspot.
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A record number of critically ill COVID-19 patients were moved around Ontario hospitals Wednesday cumulatively covering thousands of kilometres as the province struggles to juggle patients between a dwindling supply of available hospital beds.
More movement much more is coming, as Ontario health officials brace for Toronto-area hospitals to be hit hard by the third wave of COVID, fuelled by more contagious variants.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Critically ill COVID patients moved out of Toronto hospitals to open beds Back to video
The relocation of 36 patients from Ontario intensive care units to ICU beds in other regions Wednesday comes as ICU hospital workers fear time is running out to ease demand on medical facilities and staff in the province’s COVID hotspot.
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Hamilton s medical officer of health says flexibility raises questions about how far the city can depart from the province s plan. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)
Despite a provincial framework, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Hamilton s medical officer of health, says public health units across the province have been customizing their vaccine rollout according to local need.
But it s unclear just how flexible a public health unit can be.
Brant County, for example, is putting farmers at the front of the line for the vaccine. In Niagara, education workers were prioritized, while in Hamilton, they were not. You can find someone somewhere in the province that is doing something, and you ll find a whole bunch of us that aren t, Richardson said in a board of health meeting Monday.