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A record number of critically ill COVID-19 patients were moved around Ontario hospitals Wednesday — cumulatively covering thousands of kilometres — as the province struggles to juggle patients between a dwindling supply of available hospital beds.
More movement — much more — is coming, as Ontario health officials brace for Toronto-area hospitals to be hit hard by the third wave of COVID, fuelled by more contagious variants.
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Critically ill COVID patients moved out of Toronto hospitals to open beds, including those in Sudbury Back to video
The relocation of 36 patients from Ontario intensive care units to ICU beds in other regions Wednesday comes as ICU hospital workers fear time is running out to ease demand on medical facilities and staff in the province’s COVID hotspot.