Hospital, Dr. Martin Betts, Chief and Medical Director of Critical Care at Scarborough Health Network (SHN), reflects on the last two years, as he considers what may still come.“Our job as physicians, we usually work 20 or 24 weeks a year, we’ve been doing 40, 42 weeks.
So in those periods that we’re off, it’s not like you’re relaxing, you’re just trying to process what you’ve been through, sleep off some rough nights.
We haven’t had that ability to step away and really unburden all of that,” said Betts.“I see it in my team, but I also see them moving past that a little bit,” he added.The ICU and the ER have been at the heart of the hospital network’s battle with COVID-19.Betts said his team has been able to properly care for patients throughout the pandemic, thanks in large part to generous donations.
Ontario invests $1B for Scarborough Health Network infrastructure updates “We were actually able to get a gift from a donor that allowed us to expand the ICU into the other hub we now have … So we went from having 12 spaces to 22 spaces.