Humber River Hospital in northwest Toronto.The hospital was designed and built after the SARS outbreak of 2002 and was at the epicentre of Ontario’s fight against the novel coronavirus last spring.“We are seeing almost the same volume of patients that we’ve been seeing prior to the start of coronavirus,” said Dr.
Leon Rivlin, the chief and medical director of emergency medicine at the hospital.It may appear to be business as usual in the ER, but many changes have taken place over the last few months.“It’s a whole new world in emergency medicine,” Dr.
Rivlin said.“We’re taking all of our PPE (personal protective equipment) precautions. … If I were to be clinically seeing patients, I would have a mask and either a facial shield or goggles on..