Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Concerns grow about supply of drugs for COVID-19 patients on ventilators
14 April 2020 - People with severe cases consume some drugs at double or triple rate of other patients.
The supplies of some drugs required to keep COVID-19 patients on ventilators are low enough that hospitals in Ontario are taking steps to conserve their use.
While hospitals say they are not facing an immediate shortage, the rate at which the most severely ill COVID-19 patients consume the drugs is raising fears that the existing supply of certain medications will run out in a matter of weeks.
