Death bed denials, pandemic ‘hoax’ accusations common in southern Manitoba hospital patients, doctor says – CBC
Majority of COVID-19 patients at Boundary Trails Health Centre unvaccinated
May 29, 2021
A southern Manitoba hospital physician says staff are exhausted by a recent crush of admissions, but they’re also up against something else that’s draining energy and morale.
Staff at Boundary Trails Health Centre are routinely hearing from sick and unvaccinated patients who believe the pandemic is a hoax — some remaining defiant even on the brink of death.
“We hear this almost every day, and I know that’s startling,” said Dr. Ganesan Abbu. “It’s difficult … to know that almost 100 per cent of our admissions have not been vaccinated.”
Abbu is an anesthetist and special care unit doctor at Boundary Trails, located over 100 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg and between Morden and Winkler.
The district surrounding the two small cities has the lowest vaccination rate in the province, according to provincial data.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winkler-doctor-hospital-vaccine-hesitancy-1.6044904
