Health-care workers watch, wait for next vaccine shipments
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So far, 1,192 Manitobans have been vaccinated and all 1,300 vaccination appointments available as of this week have been booked. (Timothy A. Clary / Getty Images files)
As Manitoba awaits its next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, front-line health-care workers who didn’t make the cut to receive the first available doses are anxiously waiting their turn, hoping for clarity on when they’ll join the line.
As Manitoba awaits its next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, front-line health-care workers who didn’t make the cut to receive the first available doses are anxiously waiting their turn, hoping for clarity on when they’ll join the line.
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The HSC intensive care unit nurses who signed the letter say they can t sustain the new team-based pod model of care adopted in recent weeks. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
A letter sent to Manitoba s premier and health minister from 65 Health Sciences Centre critical care nurses says they re “breaking emotionally and physically as our patients suffer from unsafe situations.”
A letter sent to Manitoba s premier and health minister from 65 Health Sciences Centre critical care nurses says they re breaking emotionally and physically as our patients suffer from unsafe situations.
The HSC intensive care unit nurses who signed the letter say they can t sustain for much longer the new team-based pod model of care adopted by the HSC in recent weeks to cope with the surge in patients due to the pandemic. A copy of the letter was shared Monday by the New Democrats, who redacted the nurses signatures. The nurses said they re exhausted,
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 3:48 PM CT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
Nurses at the medical intensive care unit at HSC say patient care is suffering because they can no longer offer one-to-one support. (Mikaela Mackenzie/Winnipeg Free Press/The Canadian Press)
Winnipeg Free Press By: Danielle Da Silva | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
Last Modified: 7:19 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 | Updates
Despite being confined to their rooms and stepped-up infection controls, residents of long-term care homes grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks continue to catch the deadly virus often due to it hitching a ride with unsuspecting staff.
Despite being confined to their rooms and stepped-up infection controls, residents of long-term care homes grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks continue to catch the deadly virus often due to it hitching a ride with unsuspecting staff.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba’s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said many large-scale care home outbreaks are due to breaches in personal protective equipment or issues in following public health advice.
One-on-one patient care scrapped in ICU: nurses slam new approach
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Darlene Jackson, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, says Manitoba nurses have very big concerns with team-based care.
With intensive care units under tremendous strain and COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths mounting, now is not the time to test-drive a new, cheaper model of ICU, say Manitoba nurses.
With intensive care units under tremendous strain and COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths mounting, now is not the time to test-drive a new, cheaper model of ICU, say Manitoba nurses.
They worry patients will suffer under a consultant’s plan that replaces one-to-one patient care with team care.