Manitoba doctors group warns COVID-19 pushing health-care system close to ‘the brink’

WINNIPEG — There’s a growing backlog of surgeries and more cancellations of key procedures as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on in Manitoba, says the group that represents physicians across the province. “We are very close to being on the brink,” Dr. Kristjan Thompson, president of Doctors Manitoba, said Tuesday. “This pandemic has shown just how little flex there is in our health-care system.” To deal with the rising number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, the province has shifted res

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