Winnipeg Free Press By: Tom Brodbeck | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021 Opinion 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.