The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in northwestern Ontario has been over capacity by about 70 patients. To better deal with the flu season and high overcrowding due to the influenza outbreak, it’s temporarily moving 32 patients as well as some staff to a closed unit of a long-term care home. The hospital will move forward with the plan after discussions with a variety of other agencies, the local health network and the Ontario Ministry of Health. The patients will be kept separate from residents of Hogarth Riverview Manor, and cared for in an empty wing. These patients will mostly be dealing with chronic conditions. The hospital plans to care for patients at the care home for about eight to 10 weeks.
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