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Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Shared Health, outlined how COVID-19 is placing increased pressure on the province’s critical care system on Friday during a press briefing. (Winnipeg Free Press/File)
As the third wave of the pandemic rolls through the province, health leaders are reducing elective surgeries in preparation of an increase in demand for critical care units.
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As the third wave of the pandemic rolls through the province, health leaders are reducing elective surgeries in preparation of an increase in demand for critical care units.
On Wednesday, the Brandon Regional Health Centre decreased elective surgery by 50 per cent and increased the number of critical care beds. As well, both Brandon Regional Health Centre and the Grace hospital in Winnipeg will have three full time nurses added to the critical care unit on a 24/7 basis.
WINNIPEG Manitoba Health will officially scale back elective surgeries across the province, as the number of COVID-19 cases and patients requiring intensive care continues to rise. During a news conference on Friday, Lanette Siragusa, Shared Health’s chief nursing officer, confirmed 19 ICU beds will be added to Grace Hospital, St. Boniface Hospital, Health Sciences Centre and the Brandon Regional Health Centre. “While our efforts to train and recruit new critical care staff over the recent months will help support some of this expanded capacity, in order to staff these beds appropriately, we are going to have to make the difficult decision to reduce clinical activity in some places,” Siragusa said.
Brandon Sun By: Kimberley Kielley Save to Read Later
It’s been six months since Charlotte Sauder contracted COVID-19. She is the first to tell you she has lingering health effects.
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Charlotte Sauder survived her brush with COVID-19 and shares her story of the impact it has had on her life. (Submitted)
When she sleeps, that’s when I feel like there are books on my chest. The doctor says my chest is clear, though. . Sometimes it wakes me up.
She used to swim laps at 6 a.m. every morning. She doesn’t do that anymore. Or hike. Or bike.
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Brandon Police Service are asking for the public’s help in locating several individuals connected to a violent assault that took place in the 800 block of First Street on March 14.
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Brandon Police Service are asking for the public’s help in locating several individuals connected to a violent assault that took place in the 800 block of First Street on March 14.
At approximately 3 a.m., BPS officials said a man was attacked by a number of assailants, who then stole the victim’s backpack and running shoes.
The victim sustained multiple injuries as a result of this assault and was transported to the Brandon Regional Health Centre for treatment. He was eventually released from the hospital.