The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is moving forward with plans to set up field hospitals in the province’s two largest cities to help with the potential overflow of COVID-19 patients.
The province released its plan on April 8, which shows Merlis Belsher Place and Evraz Place have been chosen as locations to hold several hundred patients.
Merlis Belsher will have space for 250 COVID-19 patients and Saskatoon’s Integrated Health Incident Command Centre (IHICC) said it will start to be set up early next week. “We have triggers that once city hospital is approximately 50 per cent full, we will be starting to ensure that our field hospital is ready to go and that we’ve done simulation exercises so that we can do that care safely in a