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Winnipeg Free Press MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES The province s critical-care system is functioning well beyond capacity, and at least 18 intensive-care patients have been transferred to facilities in Ontario. As Manitoba s health-care system teeters on the brink of collapse, Shared Health officials are scrambling to find places to send the sickest patients in the devastating third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Winnipeg Free Press As Manitoba s health-care system teeters on the brink of collapse, Shared Health officials are scrambling to find places to send the sickest patients in the devastating third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The province s critical-care system is functioning well beyond capacity, and at least 18 intensive-care patients have been transferred to facilities in Ontario. ....
Climbing COVID-19 hospitalization rates has forced an overwhelmed Manitoba health-care system to look for federal help, as ICU admissions jump from 50 in April to 170 already in May, according to the province. ....
(File photo) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Extreme caseloads, a shortage of enough healthcare staff, and patients who do not want to get tested are contributing to Manitoba s current healthcare strain. The province is speaking with the Canadian Armed Forces, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan to transport COVID-19 patients for care. Dr. Perry Gray, Shared Health s Chief Medical Officer, says in a media briefing on Tuesday morning at least 18 patients have been transported to Ontario, with the province in conversation with other jurisdictions to care for a growing number of Manitobans needing care. We are the worst in North America. These numbers, while smaller and absolute, are large and my point is the importance of public health measures, and not to be fooled just by the smaller numbers, Gray says. ....
Shared Health’s chief medical officer has a simple message for Manitobans stuck in the worst COVID-19 jurisdiction in North America: “We cannot do this without… ....
(File photo) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Extreme caseloads, a shortage of enough healthcare staff, and patients who do not want to get tested are contributing to Manitoba s current healthcare strain. The province is speaking with the Canadian Armed Forces, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan to transport COVID-19 patients for care. Dr. Perry Gray, Shared Health s Chief Medical Officer, says in a media briefing on Tuesday morning at least 18 patients have been transported to Ontario, with the province in conversation with other jurisdictions to care for a growing number of Manitobans needing care. We are the worst in North America. These numbers, while smaller and absolute, are large and my point is the importance of public health measures, and not to be fooled just by the smaller numbers, Gray says. ....