Surgical backlog in Manitoba balloons to more than 161,000 cases: Doctors Manitoba – CBC
Physicians’ organization estimates cases increased 7,748 in past month
Feb 17, 2022
Doctors say the pandemic backlog for diagnostic and surgical procedures keeps growing in Manitoba, which has set a timeline for repealing all pandemic restrictions.
The latest data, released Thursday by Doctors Manitoba, estimates the backlog is now 161,585 cases.
That’s a surge of 7,748 since last month, reflecting the disruptive impact of the Omicron wave on hospitals in Manitoba, says a news release from the physicians’ organization, which has been pushing the province for a plan to clear the backlog.
“The Omicron wave has been hugely disruptive to hospital care in Manitoba,” Dr. Kristjan Thompson, president of Doctors Manitoba and an emergency medicine physician at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, said during a news conference.
