The temporary Manitoba policy, which has been in place for more than two months, ‘was made due to abnormally high occupancy rates,’ spokesperson for Shared Health says
The temporary Manitoba policy, which has already been in place for more than two months, also applies to northwestern Ontario. But unlike Ontario, Nunavut has no intensive-care units of its own.
After discovering that the city was closed to his patient, Carl Le Roux spent five hours calling pediatric hospitals until he found a physician in Edmonton willing to admit the baby, who was suffering from a serious respiratory infection. Only then could Dr. Le Roux call for a medevac.
“The change was made due to abnormally high occupancy rates in the unit that were being caused, in part, by a disproportionate number of patients who live outside the province,” said Kevin Engstrom, a spokesperson for Shared Health, in a statement. HSC Winnipeg is hardly alone in struggling with an unprecedented surge in sick children as run-of-the mill seasonal viruses, suppressed by COVID-control measures, re-emerge at the same time.
CHEO’s ICU was operating at 186-per-cent capacity on Thursday. The day before, there were 246 visits to an emergency department built for 150 visits a day, according to CHEO spokesperson Paddy Moore. When its own PICU is overrun, CHEO has helped patients from central Nunavut find beds in other Ontario cities, including London and Kingston.
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