The system is breaking along with the backs of those who are trying desperately to hold it together," Renate Singh posted in a message on Facebook on Sunday. "By next week this space will be filled with critical patients with COVID-19," she wrote. A contingency ICU space has been created in the recovery room at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg. By next week, this space will be filled with critical patients, Renate Singh says. "The natural place to hold a critical patient is in the recovery room, and if the recovery room is exhausted, surgeries cannot continue.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2020 15:36 UTC