I enjoy CHAB and listen to Paul Martin’s Commentary after the Noon News.
Last week he said something critical. He said (paraphrase) “If the hospitals are full then there are not enough beds.”
Dah!
I checked. In 1985 Canada began a campaign of closing hospital beds. Canada now has the same number of hospital beds per capita as Mexico – way lower than the rest of the world.
If Paul Martin figured out the need for more beds – and convinced me – why didn’t some Hospital Administrator figure it out and convince the Minister of Health?
Here it is again: ‘If a hospital runs out of beds because of COVID patients, then hospitals need more beds’.
More beds mean Cancer treatment, Transplants and other programs can continue.
And the beds? Ever hear of ‘Field Hospitals’?
Alberta and Saskatchewan have called in the Army for help. Maybe ask them to bring their Field Hospitals with them.
Richard Dowson, Moose Jaw
Just another dumb Senior Citizen
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