University of Waterloo researchers developing 20-minute COVID-19 saliva test kits Since April 22, GRH has received 15 patients from outside of the region with four of those heading into the intensive care unit while the other 11 were in need of acute care.GGH has taken in 10 others with five of the patients needing intensive care and the other five arriving in search of acute care.“Regional hospitals are collaborating to care for the rising numbers of patients needing critical care for COVID-19 and maximizing our ability to open beds in our hospitals,” SMGH president Lee Fairclough said.“As part of that system effort, regionally we have opened 25 additional ICU beds in Waterloo-Wellington in the past two weeks.