OPINION: The need for changes to critical care in the post-COVID era

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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought passionate pleas for life-saving ventilators and horror stories of hospital’s running out of space in their intensive care units (ICUs) from around the world.
ICUs, where the sickest of the sick are cared for, were a major concern for every politician and health administrator. But what will the lasting effect of COVID-19 be on ICUs and critical care?
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As for likely all areas of society, there will be changes in critical care in the post-COVID era. As happened after the SARS epidemic of 2003, there will be renewed investment into critical care with grandiose promises but, as is often the case, as the spotlight fades so will this commitment.

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