intensive care unit

Example Sentences

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Years ago, they had been driving home from the neonatal intensive care unit with their son, listening to BBC Radio 1, when they played a live version of Stargazing from Big Weekend in Luton.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called for a transparent investigation into the killing of Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse working at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Salehuddin Ahmed, who holds the finance portfolio in the interim government, said the economy had shifted from the "intensive care unit to the high dependency unit".

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Pretti, who worked in the VA’s intensive care unit, had been carrying a legally permitted 9mm handgun when he was killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The nurses in the intensive care unit couldn’t believe their eyes.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston