TORONTO A Toronto critical care doctor says that Ontario’s stay-at-home order does not address the root cause of COVID-19 hospitalizations adding that in the third wave of the pandemic, a person under the age of 50 is dying on average every 2.8 days. Dr. Michael Warner, medical director of critical care at Michael Garron Hospital, shared the Critical Care Services Ontario data on social media Wednesday just hours before Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to announce further COVID-19 restrictions. “I’ve been able to share some patient stories, which I think have been helpful in connecting the numbers to real lives, but some people do want numbers to frame how they view the situation,” Warner said in a video statement.
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Canada has a healthy supply of blood despite the year-long pandemic that has exhausted health-care systems and lockdowns that have prevented people from donating.
Partly due to postponed elective surgeries, but also thanks to loyal donors who did not stop giving blood, blood banks are not seeing a shortage of blood supply or of donors, said Dr. Tanya Petraszko, director of medical services and hospital relations for Canadian Blood Services.
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TORONTO A critical care doctor in Toronto is calling for non-essential workplaces to be shuttered after a patient of his became infected with a COVID-19 variant while on the job. Dr. Michael Warner, medical director of critical care at Michael Garron Hospital, said that his patient is in his 30s and works an office job in the financial services industry. “He was completely healthy prior to acquiring his infection at work,” Warner said in a video on social media. “His employer mandated that he show face time at the office and come in. He shared an office with a co-worker.”
TORONTO An Ontario teacher who was totally healthy before contracting COVID-19 is now intubated in a Toronto hospital, an infectious disease doctor says. Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, who works at Toronto Western Hospital, said the 47-year-old teacher tested positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with a student who was also positive. Due to confidentiality reasons, Sharkawy is not able to provide specifics about the patient. This is just absolutely heartbreaking, Sharkawy said Saturday. We have run out of adjectives for describing how sobering, how traumatic and how absolutely tragic this situation is. Sharkawy said the person s situation shows that teachers are not being properly protected from COVID-19.
Published Saturday, April 3, 2021 3:00PM EDT An Ontario teacher who was totally healthy before contracting COVID-19 is now intubated in a Toronto hospital, an infectious disease doctor says. Doctor Abdu Sharkawy, who works at Toronto Western Hospital, said the 47-year-old teacher tested positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with a student who was also positive. Due to confidentiality reasons, Sharkawy is not able to provide specific details about the patient. This is just absolutely heartbreaking, Sharkawy said Saturday. We have run out of adjectives for describing how sobering, how traumatic and how absolutely tragic this situation is. Sharkawy said the person s situation shows that teachers are not being properly protected from COVID-19.