The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says it is reducing surgeries to preserve its critical care capacity as it deals with a surge of intensive care cases.
The hospital says in a release that it has no choice as its ICU has been above 127 percent capacity for several days.
It says it is treating some intensive care patients in other units and that well over half of the patients in the ICU, which includes cardiac ICU patients, are currently on a ventilator.
The hospital also says it is working very hard to help other hospitals in the province virtually to care for pediatric patients who would otherwise receive care at SickKids….