COVID-19 pandemic wears on in Manitoba, says the group that represents physicians across the province.“We are very close to being on the brink,” Dr.
Kristjan Thompson, president of Doctors Manitoba, said Tuesday. Non-emergency cardiac surgeries cancelled in Manitoba due to staffing challenges: Shared Health “This pandemic has shown just how little flex there is in our health-care system.”To deal with the rising number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, the province has shifted resources from other areas.
It has reduced the number of surgeries and diagnostic tests.In recent days, it cancelled some non-urgent cardiac surgeries to ensure there were enough staff to cover intensive care beds.The backlog of tests and surgeries has.