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.
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An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital has forced the closure of its intensive care unit and cancellation of scheduled surgical operations.
A memo issued at midday on Tuesday to staff of the University St. hospital informed them of an outbreak in the ICU and listed measures that were going into immediate effect.
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“The situation will be reassessed daily and we are hoping to reopen on Dec. 31,” said the memo, a copy of which was obtained by the Montreal Gazette.
What does loneliness look like in the brain?
Written by Minseo Jeong on December 22, 2020 Fact checked by Jessica Beake, Ph.D.
Brain images from people experiencing loneliness show distinct features within certain neural regions, suggesting that those who feel lonely may be able to fill their desire for human connection by imagining social contexts and interactions.
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Human connection is a key factor in people’s physical and mental health. However, the impacts of COVID-19 and the need for physical distancing are making it challenging to avoid feelings of isolation.
A new study by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital in Canada, the results of which now appear in the journal
Brain scans, surveys help scientists paint neural portrait of loneliness
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Large numbers of adults, young and old, have reported feelings of loneliness during the pandemic. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 14 (UPI) Using brain scans, genetic analysis and psychological self-assessments, scientists have managed to render a kind of neural portrait of loneliness.
Researchers hope their efforts, detailed Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, will help illuminate the impacts of isolation on human health.
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For the study, scientists relied on an open-access database called U.K. Biobank.
The researchers sourced magnetic resonance imaging and genetics data, as well as psychological self-assessments, from some 40,000 middle-aged and older adults.