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‘Nobody is safe’: one in three hospital patients in intensive care
‘Nobody is safe’: There are currently 65 cases in Sydney’s hospitals, including 21 in ICU with four that are ventilated. One in three people in the state’s hospitals with COVID-19 are in intensive care, as Sydney’s health system becomes the first in the country to confront the latest wave of highly transmissible Delta-variant cases. Photography by Kate Geraghty
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A COVID-19 positive patient in ICU at St. Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior ICU Registered Nurse Gabby McLoughlin cares for a COVID-19 positive patient.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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ICU staff at St Vincent's Hospital.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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ICU Registered Nurse Shaunagh Whelan (left) attends to a COVID-19 positive patient.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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ICU Registered Nurse Shaunagh Whelan. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior ICU Registered Nurse Gabby McLoughlin (right) cares for a COVID-19 positive patient at St Vincent's Hospital.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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“We are seeing a more diverse group of patients this time, with a disproportionate number of younger patients in ICU,” said Dr Paul Preisz, medical director of the emergency department at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst. “It just seems like nobody is safe.”Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A COVID-19 positive patient in ICU at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst.Credit:Kate Geraghty