Saskatchewan hospitals under significant pressure as fourth wave turns into a crisis on the Prairies

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.As a fourth wave of COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm hospitals on the Prairies, the Chief Medical Officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority says the province would not be able to handle a serious collision such as the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash if it were to happen today.

Alberta cancelled all non-urgent surgeries on Thursday, and governments in both provinces announced vaccine passport systems, despite insisting for months that they would never implement such a policy. Saskatchewan and Alberta have the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Dr. Shaw said having to treat multiple people injured in a crash would push hospitals into unprecedented territory and would result in deciding who gets life-saving treatment. “I think about how we would deal with that when we’re already at full capacity,” she said.

In Alberta, the province now has more COVID-19 patients in the ICU than at any other point in the pandemic, with 215 patients as of the end of Thursday compared with a peak of 182 in May. Officials warned on Wednesday that the province could run out of resources by next weekend unless Alberta Health Services is able to add additional beds. The agency is also seeking help from other provinces, either to send front-line staff or to take patients out of Alberta.

In the meantime, the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service, known as STARS, said it has been busy transferring COVID-19 patients across the Prairies to free up space in ICUs.

Interesting how the media likes to talk about the Alberta/Sask crisis just before the election. Don’t be fooled Canada. Do you hear them talking about Quebec……nope.

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