COVID-19 pandemic, in hopes it helps people understand the mounting pressures on Alberta’s healthcare system.Rebecca Pinto’s daughter, Ophelia, was born nine weeks premature.“She was born very small, very tiny,” Pinto explained.
Surgery indefinitely delayed for Alberta man as hospitals grapple with COVID-19 Ophelia was quickly admitted to the NICU at the Misericordia Hospital, and required the care of doctors, nurses, nutritionists and respiratory therapists.“Constant observation, supported breathing, she needs to have tube feeds right now,” Pinto explained.“She needed a heated bed to regulate her temperature.”Last week, during a conversation with one of the staff members in the NICU, Pinto was told changes were coming to the unit, as a.