Toronto SickKids

• Patient transfers from SickKids skyrocket amid pediatric respiratory crunch

  As a result of a recent viral surge, children are being transferred out of Toronto's SickKids hospital into less specialized local beds at a much higher rate than usual.

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  Dec 14, 2022
  
• Paramedics station ambulances outside SickKids to cope with surge of pediatric patients

  Paramedics from several GTA regions have set aside vehicles and staff to offer SickKids hospital a rotation of dedicated transfer services amid high patient volumes.

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  Dec 13, 2022
  
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• Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital’s ICU was saved from near collapse

  "The big thing right now is staffing and being able to provide safe care for our patients," says Sandhaya Parekh, the senior clinical manager of the ICU at SickKids.

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  Dec 12, 2022
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• Toronto’s SickKids hospital welcomes 3 more cancer patients from Ukraine

  SickKids is now caring for a total of five cancer patients from Ukraine.

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  Mar 25, 2022
• Organization plans to evacuate more young Ukrainian cancer patients in ‘near future’

  Aman Lara, which helps evacuate individuals from conflict zones, helped arrange the recent journey of two young Ukrainian cancer patients and their families to Toronto.

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  Mar 17, 2022
• Alberta mom suspects eye cancer in son after reading about it days before, leading to early diagnosis

  Teresa LaFrance said she happened to read a story out of the U.S. only two weeks ago, about a child with eye cancer when she noticed a warning sign in her own son.

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  Nov 8, 2020