Adult COVID-19 patients being treated in Sask. children's hospital, SHA says
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The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says pediatric ICU beds are being used to treat adults with COVID-19 because of a lack of capacity.
"We are utilizing Jim Pattison Children's Hospital for adult patients (as appropriate) to support demand in Saskatoon. This is part of the work we do provincially to manage capacity and ensure appropriate level of care," wrote SHA spokesperson Doug Dahl in an email to CBC News.
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon is the only children's intensive care unit in the province.
Saskatchewan hit another hospitalization record for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday, according to the province's online COVID-19 dashboard.
As of Tuesday, 262 people with COVID-19 are in hospital in the province, 54 of them in intensive care.
Dr. Susan Shaw, the Saskatchewan Health Authority's chief medical officer and an ICU doctor, told CBC's Leisha Grebinski on Saskatoon Morning that early on in the pandemic, the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) team stepped forward and asked what they could do to help.
Shaw said many of the pediatric staff have experience treating adults, and that children who need care will continue to have access to the specialized team at the PICU.
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