After months of frequenting the Kingston General Hospital, one mother says she’s concerned about a staff shortage at the hospital’s pediatric critical care unit after having to take on nursing duties for her sick child.
Vanessa Ivimey’s daughter Ivy Murray has a gene mutation called SNC2A, known to cause early-onset epilepsy and developmental delays.
The three year old’s symptoms include seizures, which Ivimey said intensified in April of this year after the family tested positive for COVID-19.
The two have spent more than 40 nights in the hospital between April and July, and Ivimey said she’s witnessed a disturbing staff shortage in that time.
“I see nurses having to make
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