"I didn't know what sick was until I came to Ontario," said nurse practitioner Jennifer Hinks of the patients fighting for their lives inside the overrun and short-staffed intensive care unit of Toronto General Hospital. Hinks and five other nurses from Newfoundland and Labrador have been inside that ICU since arriving three weeks ago. (Peter Cowan/CBC)Eleven people were among the first group to leave Newfoundland and Labrador on April 27 to help in Ontario hospitals. Hinks says the team of nurses from Newfoundland and Labrador have been welcomed with open arms by medical staff in Ontario. team's mind that they, at the end of their stint, get to leave Ontario and head for home where the pandemic has been manageable.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 10:30 UTC