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SHA would factor in age, frailty, chronic illness if forced to ration ventilators

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is planning to form triage committees that would decide who gets life-saving treatment if COVID-19 floods the health system with too many severely ill patients. The committees would apply a range of factors to ration scarce equipment, including ventilators that allow patients to breathe. They would decide when to withdraw that treatment to save more lives.…

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Five reasons Sask. won't run out of supplies due to COVID-19

Ever since COVID-19 arrived in Saskatchewan, many shoppers have found empty shelves when looking for staples like flour or rice at local grocery stores. While COVID-19 is a major challenge, there’s no need to stock up a doomsday bunkers’ worth of supplies while leaving nothing for our neighbours, said Richard Gray, a professor of agriculture and resource economics at the University…

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Coronavirus: Canada’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 100

Canada’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has now surpassed 100 following an announcement of five more deaths in B.C. As of Tuesday, Canada’s COVID-19 death toll now sits at 101 while confirmed cases have now reached 8,579. The new numbers come amid a surge of cases in Quebec and Ontario. Quebec — the new epicentre of Canada’s outbreak — reported…

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Sask. hotels preparing to house patients if hospitals reach capacity

The Saskatchewan hotel industry is getting ready to offer up rooms in the event that COVID-19 overwhelms the number of beds available in the province’s hospitals. The Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association (SHHA) has created an emergency preparedness plan and shared it with the Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). Jim Bence, president of the SHHA, has…

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3rd COVID-19 death reported at Calgary care centre; officials flag operational concerns

A third COVID-19-related death has been confirmed at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary. According to Alberta Health, the 80-year-old man died on Monday. “This is another tragic case of COVID-19 at its worst,” Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday. Hinshaw said totals for confirmed cases related to the outbreak at the…

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