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Demand expected to drop early next month, health official says By: Danielle Da Silva | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021 Save to Read Later
The mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics across Manitoba will scale back operations next month, as provincial projections show a huge drop in immunizations by early August.
The mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics across Manitoba will scale back operations next month, as provincial projections show a huge drop in immunizations by early August.
Johanu Botha, co-lead for the province’s COVID-19 vaccine task force, said his team is planning for the eventual decommission of supersite clinics to begin in mid- to late August, as demand slows.
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New data shows Manitoba hospitals were grappling with a 25 per cent vacancy rate among intensive care unit nurses when they were forced to ship a number of severely ill COVID-19 patients out of province for care.
New data shows Manitoba hospitals were grappling with a 25 per cent vacancy rate among intensive care unit nurses when they were forced to ship a number of severely ill COVID-19 patients out of province for care.
As of May 30, Manitoba was reporting nearly one quarter of full-time equivalent critical care nursing positions were unfilled, according to information provided by Health Minister Heather Stefanson to the NDP and shared with media Wednesday.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Tom Brodbeck | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021
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Now that Manitoba hospitals have largely recovered from the third wave of the pandemic, the province should commission an independent review of why it was the only province in Canada to airlift COVID-19 patients out of province.
Now that Manitoba hospitals have largely recovered from the third wave of the pandemic, the province should commission an independent review of why it was the only province in Canada to airlift COVID-19 patients out of province.
Manitoba’s hospitals were so overwhelmed in May and June, 57 critically-ill COVID-19 patients were sent to 16 different communities in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta for medical care. The last one returned to Manitoba last Friday.
Declining hospitalizations eliminate out-of-province COVID care
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Now that case counts have declined and more Manitobans are vaccinated, hospitals are closing dedicated COVID-19 beds.
Two months after the first Manitoba COVID-19 patient was airlifted out of province amid overflowing intensive-care units, the unprecedented emergency practice has ended with the safe return of the only remaining patient who was being treated in Ontario.
Two months after the first Manitoba COVID-19 patient was airlifted out of province amid overflowing intensive-care units, the unprecedented emergency practice has ended with the safe return of the only remaining patient who was being treated in Ontario.
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