By Carolyn Jarvis and Jasmine PazzanoJanuary 29, 2022 More than 100,000 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Canada since the start of the pandemic.
The sickest are discharged from scarce, acute care hospital beds — but aren’t able to return home. Instead, they are admitted to another type of facility: a rehabilitation hospital.
This is the story of three COVID-19 rehab patients and the health-care teams fighting to help them recover. Full-time caregiver for her infant granddaughterAs a kidney transplant recipient, Paty was at high risk of severe COVID.She was not yet eligible for a vaccine when she contracted the virus.
Paty has four children and six grandchildren. 58 days in acute care hospital. 78 days in rehab hospital. MechanicShaun has five adult sons.He didn’t want to be vaccinated.