Ontario hospitals hit by COVID-19 transferring record number of patients around province

Ontario hospitals are transferring an unprecedented number of patients within the province as the COVID-19 pandemic puts intense pressure on the health-care system.

Doctors say the record number of patient transfers is happening as hospitals face a surge in hospitalizations and admissions to their intensive care units in the third wave. And they say they are concerned about what could happen if hospital resources are stretched further.

Hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area are now so full that they are transferring dozens

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