COVID-19 patients from outside their regions.Ontario Health issued the notice after projections showed that by Jan. 24, Ontario will see more than 500 COVID-19-related critical illness patients in intensive care units and over 1,700 COVID-19 hospitalizations.“To meet these needs, we must continue to do more to work as a single, seamless hospital system,” said Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson.
Ontario hospitals told to prepare for out-of-region patients amid rising coronavirus cases Facilities with available ICU bed capacity would see patients from overwhelmed hospitals transferred for care.According to Kingston-area public health, there are two people in ICU.