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Canadians end up in ICU after attending “Covid Party”

Title: Canadians end up in ICU after attending “Covid Party”

Author: Forbes

Keywords: Ilan Schwartz, Shazma Mithani

Teaser: Ilan Schwartz and Shazma Mithani (Medicine & Dentistry) discuss the situation in Alberta’s hospitals as ICU surge capacity nears the 90-per-cent threshold at which Alberta Health Services may activate the critical-care triage protocol.

Link: site://news/in-the-news/2021/09/canadians-end-up-in-icu-after-attending-covid-party

Release: September 23, 2021

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Canadians end up in ICU after attending “Covid Party”