6 Saskatchewan COVID-19 patients being transferred to Ontario, doctor says
CBC
Saskatchewan will be transferring COVID-19 patients to Ontario over the next 72 hours, as the Prairie province struggles to deal with record-breaking numbers of ICU patients.
Dr. Michael Warner, head of critical care at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, told CBC News that six Saskatchewan COVID ICU patients will be transferred to six different Ontario hospitals.
Warner said the first patient will arrive Monday, with the rest arriving by Wednesday.
"Moving patients thousands of kilometres in an airplane should be the last resort … of course it's safer to move health-care workers than patients," Warner said.
"But it would be less ideal to not have capacity in Saskatchewan to deal with new patients coming in, so if they need to move patients proactively to create capacity then they should do it so that future patients can get the care they need."
The Saskatchewan government will be hosting a media briefing at 11 a.m. CST to take questions about the transfer of ICU patients, as well as its handling of the COVID-19 situation.
More to come.
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