Hospital Beds
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‘Pretty scary’: Ill Ontario man stranded in Costa Rica finally recovering in CanadaThe 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.CanadaApr 24
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Ontario man stranded in Costa Rica due to lack of hospital beds at homeA 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.CanadaApr 12
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Vitalité Health Network has nine times more beds closed in hospitals than HorizonNew 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.HealthMay 10, 2023
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Quebec launches plans for at-home hospitalization across the provinceAs part of efforts to tackle hospital overcrowding the Quebec government has announced plans for patients to get hospital care at home.HealthMay 1, 2023
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All available pediatric hospital beds in Ontario occupied: provincial dataData 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.HealthNov 10, 2022
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B.C. could move 1,800 patients out of hospital to free up beds for COVID, fluB.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.HealthSep 28, 2022
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Kingston’s Providence Care set to open new 30-bed transitional care unit this fallProvidence 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.HealthAug 24, 2021
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Coronavirus: Kingston prepares to receive out-of-region COVID-19 patientsOntario hospitals and facilities with available ICU bed capacity may see patients from overwhelmed hospitals transferred for care as COVID-19 cases reach record highs.CanadaJan 8, 2021
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Highway crash delays shipment of Manitoba-made hospital beds to B.C.Vidir Solutions says its beds were shipped back to its site north of Winnipeg for inspection following the Monday night crash in B.C.CanadaDec 24, 2020
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Ontario provides $1.1M to improve critical care capacity, wait times at Lindsay hospitalRoss Memorial Hospital will use $900,000 of the funding for a 12-bed geriatric behaviour reactivation unit.HealthNov 3, 2020
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