Military to help Manitoba’s COVID-19 battle as of Friday
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OTTAWA — Military nurses are set to begin working in Manitoba hospitals as of Friday, while air force personnel will help transport COVID-19 patients to other jurisdictions.
“The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying resources to help alleviate pressure on the Manitoba health-care system, as a result of an increase in COVID-19 cases,” spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande wrote.
The deployment is set to last four weeks.
Most of the staffing will involve two teams of critical-care nursing officers and medical technicians, who will be deployed at separate times to ensure the military doesn’t overload its staff.
They’ll report to the local healthy authority. On Thursday, it was still being determined which facilities they would be assigned to. In addition to helping patients, technicians will help with planning and logistics as needed.
The military says it’s offering up to three laboratory technicians to help with COVID-19 testing, “critical care patient aeromedical transportation” and other staff available for general needs.
There is no set number yet, but all deployed staff will have had an opportunity to be vaccinated, and will wear protective equipment.
The staff will come from the 3rd Canadian Division, which is based in Edmonton and has units across Western Canada, as well as the Air Force and the Canadian Forces Health Services Centre.
The Manitoba government included the military in its request for assistance which was formally submitted Monday.
By June 25, the military will assess Manitoba’s COVID-19 situation, and whether the province still needs help.
dylan.robertson@freepress.mb.ca