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TORONTO - Nurse Manpreet Kainth knows every patient being treated under her team’s care in Humber River Hospital’s intensive care unit
Registered nurse Stephanie Flores, who has been redeployed from the operating room to the intensive care unit, looks out the window in the ICU at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO - Nurse Manpreet Kainth knows every patient being treated under her team’s care in Humber River Hospital’s intensive care unit
Severely ill COVID-19 patients are being hospitalized in Ontario in higher numbers than ever, as the province and health-care sector scramble to increase capacity through transferring patients to other hospitals, cancelling non-essential procedures and setting up field units. (karrastock/Adobe Stock)
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
TORONTO Nurse Manpreet Kainth knows every patient being treated under her team’s care in Humber River Hospital’s intensive care unit.
Even with her 16 years of experience, the ever-growing workload and the daily scenes unfolding before her eyes more acutely ill COVID-19 patients and young people fighting for their lives weigh heavily on her.
There is no escaping that reality even when she’s home with her family, who she tries not to burden with her worries.
Health-care staff get ready to prone a 47-year-old woman who has COVID-19 and is intubated on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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TORONTO Nurse Manpreet Kainth knows every patient being treated under her team’s care in Humber River Hospital’s intensive care unit
Even with her 16 years of experience, the ever-growing workload and the daily scenes unfolding before her eyes – more acutely ill COVID-19 patients and young people fighting for their lives – weigh heavily on her.