Winnipeg Free Press
Stefanson responds to criticism about absence of life-and-death protocol
By: Carol Sanders and Kevin Rollason
| Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 18, 2021
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Health Minister Heather Stefanson says the province can expand to 170 ICU beds and shouldn't need a triage protocol to decide who gets a bed and who doesn't.
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If one is required, there's an ethical framework doctors can use, she said.
"The ethical framework was put in place to ensure that in the event that a triage protocol is needed, it is there to help doctors put that in place," Stefanson told reporters after question period Tuesday.