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Author of the article: Steph Crosier
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 4 minute read Megan Kearns, intensive care nurse at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Photo by Steph Crosier /The Whig-Standard
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Before intensive care nurse Megan Kearns walks into a patient’s room, she has already tried to get to know them. In one room she’ll play some Cher, in another she’ll have a dad joke ready. All just in case they’re listening.
Lately, her patients have been some of the sickest she’s every seen in her 23 years on the job, and the staff in the intensive care unit at Kingston General Hospital are working around the clock.
Author of the article: Guest column
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 5 minute read
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As pediatric and adult infectious diseases physicians, we share the concerns of our colleagues from across disciplines about our health-care system’s capacity. We know our local hospitals have a role in easing strain by caring for the sickest that COVID-19 is sending to our hospital units. To date, Kingston Health Sciences Centre has cared for more hospitalized and critically ill COVID-19 patients from outside our region than from within.
We also know that many restrictions, such as stay-at-home orders, gathering limits and non-pharmacological interventions such as masking, have inarguably helped combat spread and continue to be necessary to prevent illness, disability and loss of life. Now is not the time to relax most restrictions. These measures must directly support people and communities most at risk of COVID-19.
Author of the article: Steph Crosier
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read Megan Kearns, intensive care nurse at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Photo by Steph Crosier /The Whig-Standard
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Before intensive care nurse Megan Kearns walks into a patient’s room, she has already tried to get to know them. In one room she’ll play some Cher, in another she’ll have a dad joke ready. All just in case they’re listening.
Lately, her patients have been some of the sickest she’s every seen in her 23 years on the job, and the staff in the intensive care unit at Kingston General Hospital are working around the clock.