While hospitals were scrambling for ventilators, masks and gloves in preparation for a COVID-19 surge, many, including St were also installing baby monitors in emergency departments and intensive care units.

The Montreal Children's Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital began planning together in early March. With the virus affecting adults much more than children, the children's hospital's beds were seen as possible spaces for adult patients.

Youth in Ontario's child welfare system who pass the cut-off age during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in care, says anew moratorium issued by the province.