Gatherings with people outside same household to be prohibited in Manitoba cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 Save to Read Later
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.
Winnipeg Free Press
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.
Redhead said his own sister, a 32-year-old mother of four, killed herself earlier this month.
When there is one death by suicide in a community, it can often cause a domino effect in which more people attempt it, the chief said. We are concerned about that.
Crisis teams from Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents northern First Nations, and Keewatin Tribal Council were heading to the community.
The chief called for immediate help from the federal government, including mental-health support specifically for children and teens.
Manitoba Health Minister Heather Stefanson said she would look into the state of emergency.
Redhead said a 12-year-old child committed suicide in 2019, the year he first took office. A lot of programs were brought in following the death, he said, but pressures have mounted with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manitobans with disabilities want policy on life-and-death decisions as COVID-19 patient numbers climb
Manitoba Shared Health says it doesn t need a triage protocol which ensures vulnerable groups don t face discrimination if hospitals run short of resources even though its own ethical framework for pandemic decision-making called for such a policy a year ago.
Social Sharing
Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later
MANITOBA nurses haven’t yet been told how the province will deal with staff shortages during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, union officials say.
MANITOBA nurses haven’t yet been told how the province will deal with staff shortages during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, union officials say.
Around 20 per cent of nursing positions in all areas of Manitoba are vacant, except for northern Manitoba, where vacancy rates spiked to 47 per cent, according to data gathered by the Manitoba Nurses Union.
MNU president Darlene Jackson said the time to address shortages was two or three years ago, and now that Manitoba is relying on burnt-out nurses to work higher and higher levels of mandated and voluntary overtime, there is no easy fix.