COVID Hospitals

• Masking rules returning to N.S. hospitals, one month after they were dropped

  Nova Scotia Health facilities, including the IWK children's hospital in Halifax, is bringing back masking requirements in anticipation of respiratory virus season. 

  Health

  Oct 10, 2023
  
• Kingston hospitals struggle with huge influx of COVID-19 care

  The top doctors from all three eastern Ontario health units, and the head of KHSC, are pleading with the community to follow COVID-19 guidelines as hospitals get overwhelmed.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2021
  
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• COVID-19: Experts, family call for Ontario hospitals to loosen visitation restrictions

  Six weeks ago, Teresa Amoroso's partner suffered a stroke. Even after he was moved out of the ICU, he’s only allowed one of two designated visitors per day for just an hour.

  Health

  Jul 12, 2021
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• B.C. cancels 1,750 scheduled surgeries in Lower Mainland as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge

  Health Minister Adrian Dix says there is room in B.C. hospitals but staff are exhausted and the move is necessary to ensure surge capacity is protected.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2021
• COVID-19: Queensway Carleton, Montfort hospitals in Ottawa postponing non-urgent elective surgeries

  The Queensway Carleton Hospital says it is at 113 per cent of capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, forcing it to postpone non-urgent elective surgeries for the next month.

  Health

  Apr 7, 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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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• Plans to segregate coronavirus patients in rural, remote Saskatchewan hospitals: SHA

  There are concerns about how rural and northern Saskatchewan communities will tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Apr 9, 2020