Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, Grace Hospital and Seven Oaks Hospital have all opened over-capacity beds recently to meet demand, according to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Lankester's daughter needed emergency care, so she took her to the HSC emergency room Tuesday. Jan Lankester and her daughter waited 16 hours in the Health Sciences Centrre emergency waiting room Tuesday. (Warren Kay/CBC)It's clear staff were doing their best to manage, she said, but the crammed waiting room and chaotic she saw is a problem. Hospitals in Winnipeg have a protocol that allows them to divert ambulances to other hospitals during times when patient volume is extremely high.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2019 19:05 UTC