COVID-19 patients reported in intensive care at the province’s hospitals on Tuesday.During the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s last physician town hall on April 15, medical health officer Dr.
Johnmark Opondo said the province was at a very critical juncture.“The key message for us is, the variants of concern (VOC), even for us in Saskatchewan, have increased … the demand for hospitalization and ICU services,” he said last week.“Staff are seriously taxed, it’s been over a year.
We’ve been hard at this work. So we still need to hang in there. We’re not giving up.“Our acute care system, particularly in the southern hospitals and ICUs, are really feeling the surge at this point.