Ontario Hospitals

• 2 Toronto hospitals install tents outside to relieve emergency room waiting overflow

  Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto General Hospital are installing tents to give people waiting more space and ensure physical distancing between people waiting to be seen.

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  3 hours
• The Ottawa Hospital preps surge plans to admit up to 220 COVID-19 patients

  The Ottawa Hospital says it is preparing to implement new surge capacity as the city faces a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations with no end in sight.

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  Apr 15
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• Ontario says a COVID-19 field hospital is expected to take patients late April

  The field hospital has been set up in a parking lot at Sunnybrook Hospital and is one of two in the province designed to help address growing capacity challenges.

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  Apr 15
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• COVID-19: Peterborough Regional Health Centre increases ICU capacity for further patient transfers

  Peterborough Regional Health Centre says it has received 40 COVID-19 patient transfers from outside the region since January.

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  Apr 14
• ‘A desperate time’: Ontario hospitals move doctors from other roles to ICUs to avoid ‘total collapse’

  'This is truly a desperate time for us all and we are now making very challenging decisions to avoid a total collapse.'

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  Apr 14
• COVID-19 hospitalizations push CHEO to accept adult patients in ‘unprecedented’ move

  Ottawa's children's hospital is preparing to take adult patients from other hospitals in the area to avoid the need to transfer patients out of the city.

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  Apr 13
• Ontario works to create more critical care beds in hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge

  Health Minister Christine Elliott says the government is exploring its options to boost hospital capacity and staffing levels as variants of concern wreak havoc on the province.

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  Apr 13
• Ontario government adding ICU beds, hiring nursing students to deal with COVID-19 case surge

  "We are in a true crisis and this is the battle of a lifetime," Ontario Hospital Association CEO Anthony Dale said.

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  Apr 12
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• COVID-19: Ontario hospitals ramp down elective surgeries to increase ICU capacity

  Ontario hospitals will start ramping down elective surgeries and non-urgent procedures today to ensure they have the capacity to treat more COVID-19 patients.

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  Apr 12
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• Ontario government issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as COVID-19 cases soar

  One of the Ontario government's orders includes a directive to allow patient transfers without consent.

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  Apr 9