I bounce back and forth between here and Canada and it’s really bad up there. Just, generally, as a policy have less ICU beds per capita. During the pandemic lots of doctors and nurses quit. (Province limited nurse raise to 1%). So lots of hospitals are closing ERs due to staff shortages.

8-12 hour ER waits for kids are the norm, with many of our friends waiting 20+ hours. They tell you to bring blankets and food as you’ll literally be camping there.

It seems like every hospital is at 150% capacity and some kids are getting transferred to hospitals 2-5 hour drive away.

This “tridemic* of flu/Covid/RSV is really breaking health care systems all over. It’s bad.