Posted: May 13, 2021 7:06 PM AT | Last Updated: May 13
Nova Scotia Health is taking steps to temporarily expand its ICU bed capacity across the province as critical care beds at the Halifax Infirmary are occupied.(Robert Short/CBC)
Nova Scotia is setting a plan in motion to expand its capacity for high-acuity beds as the number of COVID-19 patients requiring critical care continues to surge.
On any given day, there are about 98 beds across the province designated for critical care. If needed, that number can be more than doubled to 229 through Nova Scotia Health s provincial escalation plan. The modelling says we won t get to that number, and that won t be needed across the province, said Dr. Tony O Leary, the province s medical director for COVID critical care.
HALIFAX Police in Cape Breton have charged a man in relation to a disturbance at a COVID-19 testing centre in Sydney, N.S. on Wednesday. Police say they received reports that a man was yelling and throwing things at people in line for a COVID-19 test at Centre 200. When someone approached him, police say he pulled out a knife before running away on George Street. No one was injured. Officers located the 31-year-old man from Sydney Mines quickly thereafter on Prince Street, where a witness of the incident was able to confirm his identity. Police also located a pocket-style knife on the ground nearby.
Posted: May 13, 2021 3:18 PM AT | Last Updated: May 13
In late April, a long lineup of people stood outside the Membertou Entertainment Centre for testing. (Matthew Moore/CBC)
The demand for COVID-19 testing has dwindled in Cape Breton and the number of positive cases may soon drop.
But the region is not out of the woods, according to Andrew Heighton, the COVID-19 response director for the provincial health authority s eastern zone. You may see our numbers go down over the next few days, Heighton said. But that s not an indication that we re anywhere near going in the right direction or getting out of this.
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.
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