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Non-Emergency Surgeries Now On Hold

Jason Wellwood April 22, 2021 5:32 am Last Updated on July 2, 2025 6:37 am

If you have a surgery or appointment that’s not an emergency at the hospital, be prepared to have it postponed.

The provincial government has ordered all hospitals to immediately put off procedures as hospitals keep filling up with more COVID-19 cases in this 3rd wave. In particular, virus variants are adding record number of patients to intensive care units.

The order came from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Williams, on Tuesday, which also includes allowing hospitals to transfer patients without their consent.

We have reached out to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to find out how it is potentially affected.

Jason Wellwood

Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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