Coronavirus Hospitals

• COVID-19: Ontario government allocates $1.2B to address lost revenues in hospital budgets

  "We have seen pressure put on our hospitals like never before. They have been at the centre of the crisis since day one."

  Health

  Mar 22, 2021
  
• COVID-19 cases are down across Canada, but hospitals aren’t celebrating yet. Here’s why

  Gillian Howard, vice-president at University Health Network in Toronto, said health-care system is still in danger of being overwhelmed.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2021
  
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• New variants spark fears of turmoil at Scarborough hospitals after 11 straight months of battling coronavirus

  "We're in hospitals that haven't been updated in decades, but our staff are the critical resource that is stretched at the moment."

  Health

  Feb 17, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community

  "There is so much that health workers are seeing and experiencing and this is leading to a sense of loss and grief that many of us have not experienced before."

  Health

  Jan 12, 2021
• Ontario hospitals told to prepare for out-of-region patients amid rising coronavirus cases

  "What we do together in the next few days and weeks will set the stage for our ability to meet escalating and anticipated hospital capacity demands."

  Health

  Jan 7, 2021
• Hospitals still flooding with coronavirus patients despite new year, experts warn

  Experts say patients are flooding hospitals at an alarming rate and are expected to arrive in even greater numbers in the weeks to come.

  Canada

  Jan 1, 2021
• Peel Region hospitals in need of additional doctors for ‘temporary pandemic support’

  A statement from Trillium Health Partners says three hospitals are looking for general internists to support the network's "temporary pandemic needs across our sites."

  Health

  Dec 24, 2020
• As coronavirus cases spike, South Korea capital region runs out of hospital beds

  Hospitals were at breaking point with only three critical care beds available in greater Seoul, an area with a population of almost 26 million people, officials said.

  World

  Dec 16, 2020
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• South Korea scrambles to avoid hospital bed shortage amid new coronavirus surge

  The daily tally of 569 came a day after the numbers hit the highest level since March 6, when South Korea was reeling from the first major COVID-19 outbreak outside China.

  World

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Opening of state-of-the-art Vaughan hospital to help with surgical backlog caused by coronavirus

  Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital will not only address Mackenzie Health's own backlog, but it will provide assistance to William Osler Health System and Southlake Regional Health Centre.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2020