The regular oxygen supplies at the Boundary Trails Health Centre between Winkler and Morden, Man., can't keep up with the number of COVID-19 needing care, said the chief medical officer of the Southern Health authority.
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A spokesperson for Southern Health-Santé Sud, is using the word dire to describe the situation at one of the hospitals in the region. What is going on at Boundary Trails Health Centre (BTHC) continues to be extremely challenging as the healthcare facility struggles under the weight of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We re certainly in the ballpark of maximizing our bed capabilities, and we re using many other options to move people around, explains Dr. Denis Fortier, Vice President of Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer for Southern Health-Santé Sud during an interview late Tuesday afternoon. We had prepared with carving out a ward of about somewhere between 15 and 20 beds in anticipation of what I would call maybe our worst-case scenario for that particular region, and we re there.
Winnipeg Free Press
In eye of vaccine hesitancy storm, Winkler church commits to staying safe
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“We’d like to follow the spirit of the law, not simply the letter of it, so we’re not trying to find loopholes and backdoor ways of gathering,” said Corey Hildebrand, pastor of family ministries at the 300-member congregation.
In the midst of climbing case counts, anti-mask demonstrations and a low uptake of vaccinations, one Christian church in Winkler has quietly but consistently walked the straight and narrow path.
Winnipeg Free Press
In the midst of climbing case counts, anti-mask demonstrations and a low uptake of vaccinations, one Christian church in Winkler has quietly but consistently walked the straight and narrow path.