A surge in COVID-19 cases and a shortage of health-care workers are overwhelming southwestern Ontario hospitals, creating a growing crisis as the region’s healthcare facilities deal with new Omicron cases. ‘We’re stretched’“We’re doing everything we can to keep every bed and resource we have open,” he said. Dukelow noted many children have been admitted, which isn’t surprising given the rise of the illness in the community at large. Williams described the hospital’s inpatient capacity as “pretty tight” with its seven-bed ICU operating with eight patients. “Our hospital is overwhelmed just as every hospital is,” said Karen Davies, president and chief executive officer of St Thomas Elgin General Hospital.

Source: CBC News January 13, 2022 12:37 UTC