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These front-line health workers will spend Christmas fighting COVID-19
Many Canadians are winding down for the next few days, but some front-line health workers will still be at work over the holiday period, helping patients and fighting COVID-19.
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Posted: Dec 24, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Christmas Day will mean a day caring for others for Dr. Lisa Richardson, a general internal medicine specialist who practises at Toronto General Hospital.(Submitted by Lisa Richardson)
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The McGill University Health Centre has transferred 11 adult patients to the Montreal Children’s Hospital, including into the pediatric intensive-care unit, to ease the strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the MUHC announced Wednesday.
Each of the patients were post-operative and came from the Royal Victoria Hospital, the MUHC said.
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“Our adult MUHC colleagues are running full tilt and relocating staff significantly to care for so many sick adults,” Robert Barnes, associate director of professional services at the children’s hospital, said in a statement. “The pandemic is not letting up. Just like during the first wave in the spring, we at the Children’s want to contribute to the cause as best we can. Our fellow Quebecers will do their part by reducing the spread of
MONTREAL One of Montreal s hospital networks is so overloaded with COVID-19 patients that it has begun to transfer some adults to the Montreal Children s Hospital, CTV News has learned. Intensive care units at the McGill University Health Centre network are full to the point that the MUHC hospitals are trying to add more beds with creative solutions. At the Royal Victoria hospital, all 35 ICU beds are occupied, and several plans are being studied to find a way to squeeze in more. That presents quite a logistical challenge because of the resources needed to treat COVID-19 the average length of a hospital stay for a COVID-19 patient in Quebec is 17 days.