#bcpoli Hospitals bursting at the seams.
A thread about current situation.
VGH clogged up.
48 covid patients plus 17 in ICU.
8 on ECMO - blood circulated out of body since ventilators not working on them. (1) @j_mcelroy @SrushtiGangdev @ybrend @PennyDaflos

Richmond Hospital 18 covid patients. 8 in ICU. That's bursting hospital capacity leaving room for 1 in covid ward. (2).

Lion's Gate Hospital critical care stretched to limits.
30 covid patients.
18 in critical care. 8 in ICU.
A third ICU pod being created. (3)

St. Paul's concern rising as Covid surge starts. 26 to 30 in hospital. 14 in ICU with 7 on ventilators. Some in medicine unit. Mount Saint Joseph's has two patients. (4)

In Fraser Health 200 in covid wards with half at Surrey Memorial and others mostly at RCH.
90 patients in FHA are in critical care. (5)