Boundary Trails Health Centre.
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A spokesperson for Southern Health-Santé Sud, is using the word 'dire' to describe the situation at one of the hospitals in the region. What is going on at Boundary Trails Health Centre (BTHC) continues to be extremely challenging as the healthcare facility struggles under the weight of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We're certainly in the ballpark of maximizing our bed capabilities, and we're using many other options to move people around," explains Dr. Denis Fortier, Vice President of Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer for Southern Health-Santé Sud during an interview late Tuesday afternoon. "We had prepared with carving out a ward of about somewhere between 15 and 20 beds in anticipation of what I would call maybe our 'worst-case scenario' for that particular region, and we're there."