Posted: May 06, 2021 12:08 PM AT | Last Updated: May 6
Cape Breton Regional Hospital has already had to expand its in-patient beds to accommodate patients with COVID-19.(Tom Ayers/CBC)
A selective reduction in medical services in hospitals that was ordered to prepare for a possible increase in COVID-19 patients across Nova Scotia is already paying off at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, the health authority says.
Brett MacDougall, executive director of operations for the health authority s eastern zone, said the regional hospital normally has three in-patient beds set aside for people infected with the virus, but there are now four positive patients.