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Apr 21, 2021 12 tweets 4 min read
The third wave is ravaging our communities. We are heartbroken & exhausted.

As our ICU & dedicated COVID-19 units continue to fill, Dr. Shelly Dev, critical care physician at Sunnybrook, shares an unfiltered, raw account of what it's like on the front-lines. (1/11)

Two staff in a COVID-19 unit provide care to a patient "There is nothing predictable about COVID-19 in this third wave. You think you can draw on the expertise you’ve gained over the years, but there is no pattern with this disease.” (2/11) Health-care worker in a COVID-19 patient room, handling medi
Apr 19, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
The Mobile Health Unit (MHU) is a resource that allows us to provide safe and quality care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time when hospital beds and resources are limited.

Take a look inside this new facility: sunnybrook.ca/mhu "The Mobile Health Unit is part of a systems strategy to ensure we have capacity... We are utilizing it to take patients from perhaps all over the [health-care] system."

Hear from Robert Burgess, Sr. Director of Emergency Preparedness at Sunnybrook: