ICU Capacity

• 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.

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  May 4, 2022
  
• Alberta adding up to 50 ICU beds to health system this year

  Through the 2022 budget, Alberta is adding "up to 50 permanent, fully staffed intensive care unit beds this year" to increase health capacity.

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  Mar 2, 2022
  
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• Alberta revises triage protocol to exclude children

  Alberta Health Services will not include pediatric patients in its critical care triage protocol if it has to activate it.

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  Oct 12, 2021
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• Alberta doctors, chambers of commerce push for COVID-19 vaccine passport

  In an open letter to the premier, 65 infectious diseases physicians from across Alberta are calling for the immediate implementation of a provincially-mandated vaccine passport.

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  Sep 13, 2021
• Alberta’s COVID-19 surge spurs delays for up to 30% of non-urgent surgeries in Edmonton zone

  As COVID-19 case numbers continue to surge in Alberta, the province's health authority says the strain put on the health system will affect non-urgent surgeries.

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  Aug 27, 2021
• COVID-19 ICU rates in Alberta reach all-time high

  While Alberta's COVID-19 hospital admissions aren't as high as they were in the second wave, the number of patients requiring intensive care has never been higher.

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  May 14, 2021
• High likelihood COVID-19 out of control in two-thirds of Saskatchewan’s ‘zones’: SHA

  A link to the latest SHA physician townhall updating on the pandemic was made available to the public on Monday.

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  May 3, 2021
• Pushing Ontario’s ICUs to the brink: How some hospitals are preparing for the worst

  One Ottawa critical care physician compared planning and preparation for over-capacity ICUs amid surging COVID-19 hospitalizations to participating in 'a fire drill.'

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  Apr 27, 2021
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• Doctors say staff shortages in Ontario ICUs continue as COVID-19 admissions climb

  “It is an atmosphere of stress, stress is in the air in ICU,” said Birgit Umaigba, an ICU nurse based in Toronto.

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  Apr 10, 2021
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• ‘We’re in the beginning of a third wave’: Vaccine task force lead says next actions are critical

  The head of Manitoba's vaccine task force is urging people to follow the fundamentals as the province enters what looks to be a third wave.

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  Apr 9, 2021