Quebec's most recent COVID-19 wave may have already peaked: expert
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At least one medical expert in Quebec believes we may have already seen the worst of this fifth wave of COVID-19.
"It looks to me, at least from what I've seen from our own numbers at the Jewish General over the last 72 hours, this wave may have peaked and we may be on the way down," said Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, executive director of the Jewish General Hospital and CEO of West-Central Montreal Health.
This comes as hospital numbers across the province hit a critical stage, forcing Health Minister Christian Dubé to enforce a Code Red.
"[This is] for us to make sure that we set aside a designated number of beds in the general wards, in the intensive care units, to make sure that we can handle all COVID-19 admissions," Rosenberg explains.
He emphasizes that he doesn't believe the province is "anywhere near" having to decide which patients receive critical care, and which do not.
