TORONTO Toronto critical care doctors are sounding the alarm on the mounting number of pregnant COVID-19 patients in their intensive care units, saying expectant mothers appear particularly vulnerable to the variants. Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto reported Monday that 30 per cent of its ICU patient were pregnant, a significant increase from the first two waves of this pandemic. “It’s heartbreaking and devastating to see young and healthy individuals who are coming in, deteriorating very rapidly in front of our eyes, ending up unable to speak or breathe, and ending up on a ventilator,” Dr. Wendy Whittle, head of labour and delivery for Mount Sinai Hospital, told CTV News Toronto Monday.
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Toronto doctors advocate for higher vaccine priority for pregnant people as ICU rates climb
Doctors who work with pregnant people are advocating for them to be put at a higher priority for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, as more become sick with the virus during the third wave.
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Dr. Tali Bogler, the chair of family medicine obstetrics at St. Michael s Hospital, says it s very scary for pregnant people right now to know that they re at higher risk and they can t access the vaccine. (Sam Nar/CBC)
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Two leading COVID-19 vaccines are being linked to rare, serious blood clots, with the bulk of cases being women. But medical experts say with so few reports after millions of doses administered, determining what s actually behind these cases will take time and research.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
It was a report that likely prompted alarm for many women: rare, serious blood clots following vaccination for six Americans. All women, all of child-bearing age.
That update this week also came on the heels of similar global blood clot reports among mostly women following AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccinations, sparking fears that younger women including those on hormonal birth control may be more at risk.
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