Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto.The ICU social worker is exhausted.
It’s 9:37 a.m. on a Tuesday in January.The 48-bed ICU on the sixth floor is quiet at the moment. Most of the patients are in induced comas; many are intubated.
More than half have COVID-19.Abramcyzk’s job is to support families once a loved one gets into the ICU. She guides them through the complex medical journey, including death.
COVID hospitalizations expected to rebound after Ontario reopening: modelling “If you’re here, you’re dying. Very few people survive from COVID once they’re here,” she says quietly.“My role has not changed (in the pandemic), just the intensity is ten-fold.