Staff are beginning to feel exhaustion as they continue to fight COVID-19 at Windsor Regional Hospital. Many COVID-19 patients in the ICU are on ventilators. The medical director of the ICU says that despite their best efforts, 40 per cent of these patients who need a ventilator in Windsor-Essex die. RN Karen Riddell, vice-president of critical care at the hospital says that her and her team need to prepare for more people with COIVD-19 need ICU care. “We’re preparing to be at a critical level. We’re trying to avoid getting to chaos but we’re very busy, we’re very worried about what’s to come,” says Riddell. Staff in the ICU continue the difficult work caring for vulnerable COVID-19 patients while hoping for an end to the pandemic. (CBC News, Jan. 20)