260 doctors in Saskatchewan, Canada sent a joint letter to Governor Scott Moe and the provincial chief medical officer Saqib Shahab on the 11th local time, criticizing the provincial government Lack of leadership in controlling the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases.
The joint letter pointed out, “The number of patients in the intensive care unit in Saskatoon has exceeded 30%. For this reason, patients have to be transferred to other wards. We doctors from across the province have become increasingly aware that we are losing The fight against the epidemic”.
The letter warned, “If more measures are not taken to change the current practice of epidemic prevention and control, we are sure that the hospitals in winter will be unable to accept a large number of patients and have to cancel operations, overwhelming medical staff and causing unnecessary deaths.” .
The doctors called on the government to quickly seek successful experience to control the rapid deterioration of the epidemic.
It is understood that although the provincial government responded to the joint letter from the doctors, it did not promise to take strong measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic.
Saskatchewan has a population of approximately 1.1 million. There are currently 1305 active cases of Coronavirus. Of the 44 people hospitalized with Coronavirus pandemic, 33 of them are in intensive care.
Prior to this, Alberta doctors also issued a joint letter to the provincial government, calling on the government to take strict measures to control the rapid spread of the pandemic.
