That one health network is already under such strain should be a “red alert” for hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area, said Dionne Aleman, a University of Toronto professor and CHE affiliate expert in pandemic modelling.
“Once we start running out of ventilators, then doctors have to make choices about who gets a ventilator among the next, say, two people who show up at the hospital who need one, and our doctors should never be put in a position where they have to make that judgment,” Aleman said.
Full article at: Toronto Star (April 2: Hamilton Spectator, WorldNews.net; April 3: American News, Live 24×7 News)
- A GTA health region has already exhausted its supply of ventilators. Experts say it should be a “red alert” (April 3: FR24 News)
- 【新冠病毒】安省医院呼吸机分得唔平均 – New corona virus: Ontario hospital ventilator supply is not evenly distributed (April 3: Ming Pao Canada; Ming Sheng Bao)
- 多市西北地區醫院呼吸機用盡治疫設備現警報 – Alarms from exhaustion of ventilators in hospitals of many cities in the northwest region (April 4: Ming Pao Canada)
- 多伦多部分医院 呼吸机已经不敷应用 – Some hospitals in Toronto have insufficient ventilators to use (April 4: have8.tv; Sing Tao Daily; Sing Tao Metropolis; VanPeople.com)