See where Ornge has moved Ontario patients to avoid hospital COVID-19 overflow
Since the start of 2021, air ambulance-ground transportation service Ornge and local paramedic services have rushed more than 2,100 patients to and from Ontario hospitals amid the pandemic to prevent ICU overcrowding. Here s a breakdown of the transferring and receiving hospitals.
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In a bid to pull the region quickly back to normal after 14 months of pandemic-related lockdowns, illnesses and deaths, Windsor Regional Hospital has applied…
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Despite a recent surge in patients arriving from out of town, local emergency surgeries have not been affected according to Windsor Regional Hospital president and CEO David Musyj.
And regardless of some rumours circulating in the community, Musyj said all urgent and emergent surgeries are being conducted within normal timeframes.
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The Windsor Star has received a couple of anonymous emails expressing concerns that surgeries are being limited or delayed.
One email said, “Because of all the out-of-town patients they transferred in, there now isn’t enough recovery room or ICU capacity for our local non-Covid patient needs.”
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