Ontario's failure to control the third wave of the pandemic has led to a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in hospitals with devastating consequences on the delivery of health care to millions of Canadians. Health-care workers move through the intensive care unit at Scarborough Health Network’s Centenary Hospital in northeast Toronto on Apr. Dhalla says the fatigue health-care workers are dealing with now is not the typical burnout they face on a regular basis. Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said this week the province is trying to open up hundreds of additional ICU beds in the coming days and weeks. But Chagla says sending more vaccines to Ontario may make more of an impact than sending health-care workers from other provinces.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2021 07:52 UTC