intensive care unit

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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

For three months, she spent each day in the neonatal intensive care unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

"Not just the emergency room, but the intensive care unit, all the surgery theatres and the regular floor. Everybody was there."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The intensive care unit is L-shaped and dim, a jumble of bleeping monitors and whirring machines.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini