A Manitoban with COVID-19 has died after an attempt was made to transport them out of the province to receive care.
A spokesperson for Shared Health says a medically stable but critically ill patient, who was identified for transport to an Ontario hospital, destabilized prior to takeoff this week.
The patient was given care by the critical care transport team and returned to the sending facility. The patient passed away the following day.
The spokesperson says that patients who are transferred out of the province are carefully assessed by the critical care team and detailed discussions happen between the teams sending and receiving the patient.
As of yesterday, 18 patients had been sent to hospitals in Ontario.
