WINNIPEG More than 500 Manitobans have died from COVID-19. It s a grim statistic that is taking a toll on the province s health-care system and the staff dealing with a wave of deaths they haven t experienced before. Dan Picca said his mother Shirley is among the hundreds of Manitobans who have died related to COVID-19 in recent weeks. The 70-year-old woman died on December 4 after weeks of battling the disease on a ventilator. Shirley had been a cashier at the Food Fare on Maryland Street in Winnipeg for more than a decade and had become a staple in the community. I had no idea that the community knew her and made her feel like part of the community, Picca said. I m getting comments from people I haven t seen since high school like 25 years ago, saying That was your mom. I had no idea. She was part of our family. I used to go to Food Fare just to see her .
WINNIPEG Restricted access – the simple warning plastered on the doors of what used to be an orthopedic unit at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Behind these doors is a COVID-19 Red Zone where front-line workers care for some of the sickest and most infectious patients in the province. Since the pandemic first hit Manitoba in March, nearly every unit in the Health Sciences Unit has been forced to make changes to deal with a surge of infectious patients. CTV News has been given its first look inside one of Manitoba s COVID-19 Red Zones and a glimpse at the pandemic s impact on the health-care system and those working on the front line.
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HSC pushed to limit in struggle to keep COVID patients alive By: Kevin Rollason / Photos by Mikaela MacKenzie | Posted: 12:01 AM CST Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020
Last Modified: 4:40 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 | Updates
Multiple patients being resuscitated. More patients than normal being moved to palliative care. Nurses who had rarely witnessed patients die, now see death regularly. Thousands of elective surgeries at a standstill.
Multiple patients being resuscitated. More patients than normal being moved to palliative care. Nurses who had rarely witnessed patients die, now see death regularly. Thousands of elective surgeries at a standstill.
The scenarios are part of daily life at Health Sciences Centre, as the second wave of COVID-19 crashes through the corridors of the province’s largest hospital like a weeks-long tsunami that shows no sign of receding.
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