Article content
Although the Ontario government has directed hospitals in COVID-19 case hotspots across the province to reduce elective surgeries and other non-urgent medical procedures, officials assured locally, those will continue.
“Late last week Ontario Health directed hospitals in Southern Ontario, and other regions to ramp down all elective surgeries and non-emergent/non-urgent activities. At this time, this direction does not apply to the Northern Ontario Health Region, which includes Timmins and District Hospital,” said TADH communication specialist Kaileigh Russell.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser. Surge in COVID cases has not impacted services at TADH Back to video
Surge in COVID cases has not impacted services at TADH
midnorthmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from midnorthmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Surge in COVID cases has not impacted services at TADH
thesudburystar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesudburystar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ontario Supporting Health System Response During Third Wave of COVID-19
Action being taken to maximize capacity and preserve resources needed to care for patients
TORONTO In response to the recent and rapid rise in hospitalizations, ICU admissions and the threat to the province s critical care capacity, the Ontario government is issuing two emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA). These orders will maximize system capacity, ensuring that hospitals have the resources required to provide care for patients and save lives.
These temporary emergency orders will support the redeployment of health care professionals and other workers currently working in Ontario Health and Home and Community Care Support Services organizations to hospitals. They will also provide hospitals with the flexibility to transfer patients to alternate hospital sites in situations where a hospital s resources are at significant and immediate risk of becoming ov
TORONTO Starting Monday, most Ontario hospitals will “ramp down” all elective surgeries and non-emergent/non-urgent activities in the wake of a record number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Ontario Health President and CEO Matthew Anderson released a memo on Thursday to hospital CEOs and primary care providers telling most hospitals across the province to scale back elective surgeries as of 12:01 a.m. on Apr. 12. “Today, given increasing case counts and widespread community transmission across many parts of the province, we are facing mounting and extreme pressure on our critical care capacity,” he said. Anderson said the ramp down is needed to preserve critical care and human resource capacity as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing amid a third wave of the pandemic.