ICU Beds

• ‘ICU if necessary, not necessarily ICU’: Alberta opens 50 new beds

  The province made the initial addition announcement in March. Seven months later, the full 50 were announced to have opened in 12 different hospitals.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
  
• Saskatchewan adds 6 new ICU beds across 3 hospitals

  Six new beds have been added to hospitals in Saskatchewan, two for Regina General Hospital, three for St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon and one for Prince Albert Victoria Hospital.

  Health

  May 4, 2022
  
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• AHS to discuss COVID-19 triage framework with staff if faced with ‘dire situation’

  The protocol is meant to help staff with “the difficult determination of how to allocate resources to critically ill patients when there are not enough critical care resources."

  Health

  Apr 29, 2021
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• Regina man’s brain tumour surgery delayed as ICU beds fill up

  Richard Baron, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor on April 8, was told that the earliest he could receive oncological surgery in Regina would be May 3.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2021
• COVID-19: LHSC preparing for influx in demand for critical care beds

  LHSC is currently receiving anywhere from two to eight patients per day from outside of the region, though not every one is an ICU patient.

  Health

  Apr 23, 2021
• SHA to prepare field hospitals in Saskatoon, Regina for coronavirus patients

  The province released its plan on April 8 which shows Merlis Belsher Place and Evraz Place have been chosen as locations to hold several hundred patients.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020