SickKids hospital denies ICU patients being transferred to US hospitals
Posted October 13, 2022 10:26 pm.
Last Updated October 13, 2022 10:56 pm.
The Hospital for Sick Children says there is no truth to reports children are being transferred to hospitals in the United States due to overcapacity in the ICU.
“While the volumes in our PICU are exceedingly high, we continue to mobilize resources to meet the clinical needs of these very ill patients,” SickKids said in a tweet on Thursday night.
There is no validity to recent claims that children are being transferred from our intensive care units to hospitals in the US. While the volumes in our PICU are exceedingly high, we continue to mobilize resources to meet the clinical needs of these very ill patients.
— The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) (@SickKidsNews) October 14, 2022
The hospital was responding to a social media post from @NurseWithSign416, a twitter account associated with Nancy Halupa who has been an ER nurse for more than two decades. She has been a vocal critic of the Ford government when it comes to it deals with nurses in the healthcare sector.
https://twitter.com/NurseWithSign/status/1580635968347918336
The tweet was subsequently deleted following the SickKids response.
Last week the hospital issued a warning about longer than normal wait times in its emergency department due to several factors including viral season, staff shortages and a lack of primary care or community care.
