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The message also highlights alarming conditions within hospitals. Medical staff report an increasing influx of COVID-19 patients, with some in critical need of ventilators. Reports from Vancouver suggest that hospitals are overwhelmed, canceling elective surgeries to free up resources but still struggling to meet demand. Due to the surge, there is concern that hospitals may have to turn away patients as available ventilators and oxygen supplies become insufficient.
Critical Observations from Healthcare Workers
Many patients in their 40s and 50s, previously healthy, are ending on ventilators.
The deterioration is particularly associated with taking ibuprofen during infection.
Current hospitalization numbers are underreported, with more cases flooding hospitals daily.