HHS field hospital opens Monday but it s very unlikely it ll get used: official
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) 80-bed field hospital is ready to take patients beginning Monday, but it s unclear how many patients will actually need to us it as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decline.
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Posted: May 30, 2021 10:25 AM ET | Last Updated: May 30
Hamilton Health Sciences is building a field hospital as the province continues to see people get sick and hospitalized because of COVID-19.(Talia Ricci/CBC)
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) 80-bed field hospital is ready to take patients starting Monday, but may not ever get used, according to a high-ranking HHS official.
Essential worker vaccination opened up province-wide 13 April 2021 at 18 h 06 min Reading time: 3 min
By Gordon Lambie
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced on Tuesday that vaccination for a pre-established set of essential workers, including all school staff, and people with chronic illnesses will be available throughout Quebec as of April 14, and that everyone in these two categories who wish to be vaccinated should be able to do so by the end of the month of May.
The information came as a footnote in the provincial government’s afternoon update, which Premier Francois Legault kept primarily focused on concerns about increases in hospitalizations in the coming weeks.
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 7:50 AM ET | Last Updated: April 9
The temporary structure would be built in the footprint of the parking lot on Wellington Street North.(Google Earth)
The CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences says the hospital network is moving forward with its temporary field hospital.
Information presented in a Thursday town hall by Rob MacIsaac shows construction will begin next week. The field hospital s main purpose is to serve as a provincial resource if the health-care system faces extreme pressure.
The plan comes as the Ontario government s health agency is telling hospitals across most of the province to postpone non-emergency surgeries, effective Monday, because of the growing caseload of COVID-19 patients.
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The body of a newborn child was recovered from the basement of a Hamilton home Thursday afternoon, police said, and two people, believed to be the baby s parents, were charged.