Surgeries originally pushed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could be brought back next week.
The province ordered all hospitals to immediately put off procedures on April 22nd in response to a rising case of COVID-19 cases in the third wave.
The order from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Williams, also included hospitals the ability to transfer patients without their consent.
When it comes to the return of surgeries, Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre President and CEO Rhonda Crocker-Ellacott said: “We’re looking at being able to add additional capacity for surgeries and procedures that are deemed urgent and emergent under Directive Number Two. The hospital has the authority to make this decision providing it falls within the framework of the work being essential.”
As of Thursday the hospital has two patients that were transferred from other parts of Ontario.
Additionally two of the six patients that have been admitted for coronavirus are in the Intensive Care Unit.
Hospital occupancy stands at 71%.
