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Manitoba still has no hospital triage protocols as ICUs near critical levels

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COVID-19 pandemic that’s claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Manitobans, the Manitoba government and health-care officials still have not developed triage protocols for doctors.Triage protocols lay out guidelines for doctors and health-care providers who may need to make dire decisions when it comes to who gets treatment over another.“You would look at a lot of things, including their pre-morbid status and what you think would be their chance of survival and essentially you kind of compare patients,” Ontario critical care physician Dr.

Alex Patel said.It’s not a common practice in Canada and other developed countries to need such protocols, said Patel,  but COVID-19 and how it has overwhelmed the health-care system means it’s needed.“When.

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