COVID-19 and now estimate that backlog has hit more than 136,000 cases.The latest numbers are up from the roughly 130,000 cases the group estimated in mid-October, and 110,000 in June.
Surgery backlog grows to 130,000 cases: Doctors Manitoba “Physicians are very concerned to see the pandemic backlog increase again,” said Dr.
Kristjan Thompson, president of Doctors Manitoba. Monitoring the size of this staggering backlog is important to understanding the magnitude of the problem that needs to be solved.“That’s why we’ve launched a new dashboard, to track progress until the backlog is fully cleared.”The advocacy group representing 4,000 doctors in Manitoba says the new surgical and diagnostic backlog dashboard will be updated regularly so.