As a critical care physician at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton , Dr. Peter Brindley is used to being busy, but working in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic has taken that to a new level. “There are plenty of challenges,” he told Global News in an interview on Tuesday. “We were already extremely busy. “We run at 100 per cent occupancy and now there’s a new issue — a major issue — that’s been added on top.” In addition to capacity issues, the challenges the COVID-19 crisis has been posing for the hospital already are staffing. “Some staff are already away because they’ve had contact and they need to be home self-isolating — that’s another challenge,” Brindley said, before explaining how the novel coronavirus adds a whole new