COVID-19 surge plan released on Thursday, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).The health authority announced it’s moving forward with the next phase of its plan to meet the expected demand for coronavirus patients in the next two weeks.
Saskatchewan redeploying 600 health-care staff to support COVID-19 surge Potential field hospitals, located at Evraz Place in Regina and Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, were previously announced to ensure additional capacity in the event of a later surge in COVID-19 cases.“At this point in time, we are not in the process of opening the field hospitals but we are preparing teams,” SHA CEO Scott Livingstone said.“As we see the numbers rise, as we see hospitalizations and ICU admissions go.