Copy story information for sharing Critical condition: CBC News goes inside a hard-hit Toronto hospital system that's at a crisis point during Canada’s third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical condition Entire families have been torn apart. Front-line workers are at a breaking point. Inside a Toronto hospital system at a crisis point, vulnerable patients are bearing the brunt of Canada’s third wave of COVID-19. By Lauren Pelley April 15, 2021 Gently, Esther Teodoro rubs her husband Eduardo's forehead, smoothing out his salt-and-pepper hair as he lies in his hospital bed. "You're going home, OK?" she tells him. "I can take care of you, OK?"