Ottawa kids’ hospital opens second intensive care unit as viral admissions surge
The new ICU is made up of five more beds temporarily reassigned from the hospital’s surgical day unit, with clinicians trained in critical care reassigned from other areas to staff it.Story continues below advertisement
CHEO says it is also hiring and reassigning staff to patient-facing roles in emergency, acute and critical care. Samson renewed calls for the people of Ottawa to wear masks indoors to reduce the spread of viral illnesses like COVID-19.. Yesterday, we reassigned our Surgical Day Unit and redeployed clinicians from all areas of the hospital to open a second Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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