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“Eye-popping” increases in medical interventions for drug overdoses, mental health crises, and intentional acts of self-harm can’t be blamed entirely on public health orders issued to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Manitoba’s chief public health officer testified Friday. Eye-popping increases in medical interventions for drug overdoses, mental health crises, and intentional acts of self-harm can’t be blamed entirely on public health orders issued to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Manitoba’s chief public health officer testified Friday. Certainly these harms were increasing pre-pandemic and… many of these vulnerable communities are also disproportionately affected by this pandemic itself, Dr. Brent Roussin said. We have to balance their vulnerability to public health measures, but for sure they are vulnerable to the pandemic itself.
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We couldnot be wrong, Dr. Brent Roussin testified in Court of Queen s Bench. We had to limit places we knew transmission was going to occur because our hospitals were full.
Roussin, chief public health officer, told court there were numerous clusters of infections linked to faith-based gatherings before churches were closed down last November.
At the time, non-essential stores were also shuttered and group gatherings banned as cases surged and a deadly wave of infections swept through long-term care homes. Our hospitals were full of COVID-19 patients. Our ICUs were full of COVID-19 patients, Roussin testified. We had to act on the trends we were seeing. We were in crisis.
Posted: May 07, 2021 9:31 AM CT | Last Updated: May 8
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba s chief public health officer, told a court Friday that the detrimental effects of public health orders are considered by everyone involved in discussions around them.(David Lipnowski/The Canadian Press)
Manitoba s chief public health officer refuted a suggestion in court Friday that he hasn t properly weighed the harms of the pandemic restrictions he s imposing, just hours before announcing the latest round of orders intended to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Testifying Friday at a court challenge to Manitoba s pandemic restrictions, Dr. Brent Roussin said he s always considered the effects of his orders on non-COVID health outcomes, such as mental health.
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WINNIPEG - Manitoba s top doctor told a court challenge of the province s public health rules Friday that restrictions on faith-based gatherings had to be imposed because health care was being overwhelmed during the pandemic s second wave.
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba chief public health officer, takes off his mask to speak during the province s latest COVID-19 update at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
WINNIPEG - Manitoba s top doctor told a court challenge of the province s public health rules Friday that restrictions on faith-based gatherings had to be imposed because health care was being overwhelmed during the pandemic s second wave.