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Ottawa high risk obstetrician and researcher Dr. Mark Walker admits he is terrified by the number of pregnant women ending up in intensive care units across the province with COVID-19 including in Ottawa.
“There have never been this many pregnant women in ICU in the history of our country, or our province. This is unprecedented.”
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In Ottawa, the number was less than six (Walker cannot be more specific for privacy reasons) as of earlier this week, but in some intensive care units in Toronto, pregnant women now represent half, or more, of the critically ill COVID-19 patients, a large percentage of them on ventilators. The situation has reached critical levels in recent weeks.