Hospital Beds

• Saskatchewan Health Authority responds to Royal University Hospital overcrowding

  After Global News reported on growing concerns of the conditions at Royal University Hospital, the Saskatchewan Health Authority clarifies the sudden spike in patients.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2025
  
• N.B. fast-tracking nursing home placements as hospitals struggle with overcrowding

  New Brunswick's premier is blaming a lack of long-term care space for overcrowding at four regional hospitals.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2025
  
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• ‘Pretty scary’: Ill Ontario man stranded in Costa Rica finally recovering in Canada

  The daughter of a seriously ill Ontario man who was stranded in a Costa Rica due to a lack of available hospital beds back home is relieved now that he's recovering in Canada.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2024
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• Ontario man stranded in Costa Rica due to lack of hospital beds at home

  A Canadian man who suffered a medical emergency is stuck in a Costa Rica hospital after his family was told no hospitals in Ontario are able to admit him due to a lack of beds.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2024
• Vitalité Health Network has nine times more beds closed in hospitals than Horizon

  New Brunswick's Vitalité Health Network has had to 'close' 180 hospital beds across the province compared to just 20 beds being closed in Horizon Health Network hospitals.

  Health

  May 10, 2023
• Quebec launches plans for at-home hospitalization across the province

  As part of efforts to tackle hospital overcrowding the Quebec government has announced plans for patients to get hospital care at home.

  Health

  May 1, 2023
• All available pediatric hospital beds in Ontario occupied: provincial data

  Data compiled by Critical Care Services Ontario shows 122 patients needed a pediatric critical care bed on Nov. 9, leading to an occupancy rate of 108.9 per cent. 

  Health

  Nov 10, 2022
• B.C. could move 1,800 patients out of hospital to free up beds for COVID, flu

  B.C. has projected that COVID-19 hospitalizations could more than double in the coming months, and that B.C. could also see as many as 1,200 simultaneous flu hospitalizations.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2022
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• Kingston’s Providence Care set to open new 30-bed transitional care unit this fall

  Providence Care is readying to open a new transitional care centre meant to help patients move from acute care back into their homes. A new 30-bed unit is slated to open this fall.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Kingston prepares to receive out-of-region COVID-19 patients

  Ontario hospitals and facilities with available ICU bed capacity may see patients from overwhelmed hospitals transferred for care as COVID-19 cases reach record highs.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2021