Bed Crisis At Hospital
Today we need our health system partners’ support.
Surge in patient volumes resulting in temporary changes at Health Centre
Today the North Bay Regional Health Centre is experiencing an unprecedented surge in patient volumes resulting in a bed crisis. Due to these extreme bed pressures NBRHC is making some temporary changes to ensure all of our patients receive safe and high quality care.
As the pressure on the health care system continues to be unpredictable, it’s important for our community to know that some patients could be waiting in our Emergency Department for days and may need to be cared for in an unconventional space.
In the short-term, what does this look like for our patients?
- patients can expect extremely long waits in the Emergency Department
- patients requiring admissions may need to stay in the Emergency Department to receive care
- some patients could be transferred to hospitals outside of our district
- patients arriving by ambulance may also face long delays in being offloaded to the Emergency Department
- the Health Centre has temporarily stopped accepting transfers from other facilities
In the long-term, hospital administration is working with partners including Ontario Health, other hospitals in the region and community partners to move some of our alternate level of care patients to a more appropriate place of care such as a long term care facility.
Today we need our health system partners’ support.
As always, we are grateful for the significant investments made by the Ontario government to ensure we have sustainable, long-term solutions for providing the right care in the right place.
Our exceptional team of physicians and other healthcare providers are working diligently to provide the best care possible to all of our patients.