Local doctors sound ICU alarm bell at Ontario hospitals
A look into one of Sault Area Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms. (Darren Taylor/SooToday) THUNDER BAY – A group of intensive care unit doctors from across the province, including several at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, are pleading with the province for tighter restrictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. If not, they could be faced with the possibility of having to triage the critically ill and make life-or-death decisions with patients’ lives, determining who gets palliative care and who dies. The letter signed by 135 physicians, says ICU capacity s...