Ontario is making it possible for internationally trained nurses to work in health-care settings that are strained by staffing shortages, Health Minister Christine Elliott says. Elliott announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the province is deploying internationally educated nurses to hospitals and long-term care homes that are short-staffed, part of a collaboration between Ontario Health…
Ontario to Deploy Internationally Trained Nurses to Bolster Health-Care Workforce
Quebec Orders Shops, Bars, Restaurants, Churches to Operate at 50 per Cent Capacity
MONTREAL—COVID-19 vaccination is no longer enough to prevent Quebec’s health system from becoming overwhelmed, and Quebecers must reduce their contacts by half, Premier François Legault said Thursday. Hours after new modelling indicated the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus could push hospitals to reach dedicated COVID-19 capacity within weeks, Legault announced a series of added…
Quebec Orders Shops, Bars, Restaurants, Churches to Operate at 50 Percent Capacity
MONTREAL—COVID-19 vaccination is no longer enough to prevent Quebec’s health system from becoming overwhelmed, and Quebecers must reduce their contacts by half, Premier François Legault said Thursday. Hours after new modelling indicated the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus could push hospitals to reach dedicated COVID-19 capacity within weeks, Legault announced a series of added…
9 Russian Coronavirus Patients Die After Oxygen Malfunction
MOSCOW—Nine coronavirus patients died in a Russian hospital in the southern city of Vladikavkaz after an oxygen pipe burst underground, cutting supply to an intensive care ward, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. “Nine patients with coronavirus died due to a lack of oxygen,” the TASS news agency cited the local health ministry as saying….
Oxygen Cutoff That Killed One at Quebec COVID ICU Last Summer Blamed on Human Error
April 5, 2021
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MONTREAL—A Montreal−area health authority is blaming human error after oxygen was cut off to nine intensive care COVID-19 patients last spring, leaving one dead. The news about the incident that occurred at Hopital Charles−Le Moyne, in Longueuil, Que., was first reported by La Presse today. Health authority spokesperson Martine Lesage said today in an email…
Hancock: Hotels Not Ruled Out to Free Up NHS Beds for CCP Virus Patients
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday that the government would not rule out moving hospital patients into hotels in order to free up beds for people suffering from the CCP virus. Asked if hotels would be used in this way Hancock told ITV News that though it was not something the government was…
Almost 60 Percent of Intensive Care Staff Report “Good Wellbeing” Amid Pandemic: Study
A study of healthcare staff working in Intensive Care Units has shown that 58.8 percent reported “good wellbeing,” despite facing potential challenges to their mental health amid the CCP virus pandemic. The challenges faced by the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) staff ranged from long shifts, in some cases a lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment),…
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