Ontario ICU

• Ontario works to create more critical care beds in hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge

  Health Minister Christine Elliott says the government is exploring its options to boost hospital capacity and staffing levels as variants of concern wreak havoc on the province.

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• Ontario hospitals told to ‘ramp down’ all elective, non-emergency surgeries due to COVID-19

  Starting Monday, April 12 Ontario hospitals have been directed to "ramp down" all elective surgeries and non-emergency activities as COVID ICU admissions continue to surge.

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  Apr 9
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• Ontario ICU doctors write letter to Ford government over COVID-19 variants, warn more measures needed

  'We are seeing younger patients on ventilators—many are parents of school-aged children. We are seeing entire families end up in our ICUs,' the doctors say.

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  Apr 1
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• Ontario ICU capacity reaching critical level due to COVID-19 variants: hospital group

  "We don't have enough vaccines in arms to have vaccines make a difference in hospital capacity at this time."

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  Mar 26
• ‘It’s non stop’: Ornge air ambulance takes lead on moving COVID-19 patients as Ontario ICUs fill up

  There have been 188 patients transferred by Ornge from ICUs to create capacity between Dec. 1, and Jan. 24, even sending some patients from Toronto to as far as Kingston, Ont.

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  Jan 28
• ‘The problem will be mostly staffing’: Ontario ICU doctor on hospital COVID-19 capacity concerns

  "In terms of my list of worries about how we're going to care for the surge of patients .. the problem will be mostly staffing based," said Dr. Brooks Fallis.

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  Jan 15
• Ontario hits ‘critical’ 150 COVID-19 patients in ICU, may result in cancelled surgeries

  Ontario now has 150 COVID-19 patients in its intensive care units - a key threshold that government projections have indicated could lead to cancelled surgeries.

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  Nov 19, 2020