Supply problems at hospitals not due to blockades
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The shortage of certain supplies, including baby formula, at Manitoba hospitals is due to supply chain problems and not the recent blockades at the Canada-U.S. border.
Shared Health, which co-ordinates health care services across the province, confirmed this week there have been shortages of various supplies, but say while some are on the way, it has been able to find alternatives for others.
“Supply chain issues have emerged at various points related to the pandemic and have been driven by a number of factors including, but not limited to, raw material shortages and transportation issues,” said a spokesman for Shared Health on Thursday.

“These issues predate the protests at the border.”
The spokesman said alternative options and supplies have been identified and health facilities have been informed about them.
As well, the spokesman said Mead Johnson, which produces formula including Enfamil and Nutramigen, have told them they expect supply of their items to stabilize in the coming weeks.
“However, we are monitoring supply chain impacts… to ensure alternatives are in place where needed and there is no impact to patient care.”
Media reports said hospitals are running low on baby formula, reusing some single-use items after being sterilized, and getting low on telemetry paper used for monitor printouts.
The Shared Health spokesman denied hospital staff has had to reuse single-use items for the most vulnerable sick children.
“Contrary to what is being speculated about online, single-use feeding items are not being reused in any (neonatal intensive care unit) and alternative supplies have been identified.”
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Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
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