Saskatchewan continues to mainly rely on vaccinations to fend off a fifth wave, which modelling suggests could be the province’s worst due to a plateauing of high hospitalization rates. He also recommends people require vaccine passports in private settings, where it’s not mandated by the government. Shahab said he would like people to continue wearing masks well into the spring. The province’s mask mandate is set to expire at the end of the month, although Premier Scott Moe has hinted the public health order will be extended. “It is a much safer situation with many things remaining open.”
that’s so important, because we can do so much now with these tools,” Shahab said. “We are not seeing for the most part large transmissions. Government data shows that since the province implemented its vaccine passport system in October, about 200,000 more shots have been administered. Shahab said an uptake in COVID-19 vaccinations has resulted in the reduction of cases and hospitalizations. “We have a desire, and everyone wants to see the case numbers continue to downtrend and the associated hospitals to do the same, which would allow us to resume services and get back to a sense of normal.” “The health system is dependent on the overall COVID transmission and case volumes and what does that mean for hospitalizations, in particular ICUs,” Miller said. But Miller cautioned that unvaccinated populations can still drive clusters of infections. Levels in intensive care units have been inching closer to the province’s baseline capacity, with 80 patients currently in ICUs. The province faced one of the harshest fourth waves in the country after the Saskatchewan Party government lifted COVID-19 measures before the summer and, by the government’s own account, was slow to implement a mask mandate and vaccine passport system when cases started rising. Modelling has suggested that Saskatchewan’s health-care care system won’t return to sustainable levels until mid-January. “We really need to see those come down with the rest of it in order to start moving us toward normal,” Miller said.
The health authority said surgeries are also increasing across the province, although rural areas are experiencing a quicker return compared with Regina and Saskatoon.ĭerek Miller, the authority’s emergency operations centre chief, said that’s because of higher demand for COVID-19 care in the cities. Additionally, the province said it is aiming to bring back its organ donation program by next week. The services include pediatric programming, home care, medical imaging and therapies. 1 have resumed, with another 68 services partially back. “It will take a longer duration for our hospitalization numbers to go down.”Īs of this week, 193 of the 395 services cut since Sept. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer, said Tuesday. “We’re not out of the woods yet in terms of our fourth wave,” Dr. It says high hospitalization rates in urban areas are preventing the remaining services from returning. The coroner found the conduct of Ms Hickey’s employer, the company used to facilitate and co-ordinate the heart check program and the doctors “causally contributed to Peta’s death”.REGINA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it has resumed nearly half the health-care services that were cut during the province’s fourth wave of COVID-19. The nation’s consumer watchdog was also asked to consider taking action against Priority Care Health Solutions and MRI Now for unconscionable, misleading or deceptive conduct on two grounds including giving the impression that a medical practitioner had reviewed a patient before requesting a scan, when it had not. He also called for federal Health Minister Greg Hunt to audit the conduct of Australian accredited diagnostic imaging practices for compliance and wants a review of appropriate screening for CT scans and other invasive cardiac tests.
The coroner noted Dr Tseng had undergone additional training and his failure was likely because of a lack of training and shock. Richard Hickey speaks outside the Coroners Court after the findings into the death of his partner Peta.