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Ontario transfers dozens more COVID-19 patients as GTA ICUs buckle under 3rd wave
Ontario hospitals have transferred another 26 COVD-19 patients from intensive care units struggling to cope with the surging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted: Apr 24, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 24
Paramedics with Ornge ambulance service load a patient outside Scarborough General Hospital on April 8, 2021.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
BROCKVILLE Smaller hospitals in eastern Ontario are feeling the impact of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some receiving patient transfers from larger cities. At Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), 27 patients have been transferred out since April 1, to make room for patients with COVID-19 related illnesses in eastern Ontario. I will say the pressure is absolutely still on, I think we are feeling that across the province, said Jeanette Despatie, President and CEO of Cornwall Community Hospital. We actually are transferring quite regularity to other hospitals in the area, including Brockville General Hospital, Winchester Memorial and Kemptville. We regularly transfer to Glengarry Memorial in Alexandria as well.
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Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Dr. David Maslove, critical care physician at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, at its Kingston General Hospital site in Kingston on Friday. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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Since the start of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. David Maslove describes the pace of the Kingston General Hospital intensive care unit as constant. One patient after another, all with the same virus, most struggling to breathe.
“It’s a lot of adrenalin and a lot of fatigue at the end of a shift. It’s a lot of mental focus and mental stamina,” Dr. Maslove, a critical care physician with Kingston Health Sciences Centre, described on Thursday afternoon.