Brandon Sun It s so hard seeing your kid so sick By: Drew May
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Christmas looks different this year for almost every family in Westman as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for Jeremy and Sierra Bates, that also includes a cancer diagnosis for their young daughter, Maiya.
Maiya was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in February 2020, just a few weeks before COVID-19 arrived in Manitoba.
Maiya Bates. (Submitted)
While so many people had their lives turned upside-down by the pandemic, the Bates family was also dealing with the heartbreaking realization their daughter had cancer, Sierra said.
The family’s journey began just after Christmas last year, when Maiya had a fall at daycare and fractured her leg, Sierra said.
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A front line stretched thin: Health Sciences Centre, a battle-tested Winnipeg hospital, is coping with the revolving door of sick COVID-19 patients who keep coming
A front line stretched thin
Winnipeg s Health Sciences Centre offered a glimpse inside its fight against COVID-19. We saw an already-full hospital coping with sick patients who keep on coming.
By Ian Froese
December 17, 2020
A health-care worker grips the door frame and peers into a room where one of Winnipeg s sickest COVID-19 patients is fighting for her life. Is she OK in there? she asks.
The patient, who is unconscious on a ventilator, will need more sedation, a colleague says.
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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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Sherry Plett raises her arms in a cheer after getting the vaccine on Wednesday morning.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Applause rang out in Winnipeg as the first Manitobans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine were given their initial dose Wednesday morning. One step closer, Sherry Plett said about getting the shot, which will require a followup dose in about three weeks to complete the vaccination process. I feel like this is the beginning to the end, so it s very exciting for Manitoba to get this. I m so happy.
The historic first vaccinations began just after 8:30 a.m.