US EditionSome N.B. Patients Waiting for Long-Term Care Bed Move to Top of Waitlist
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Some N.B. patients waiting for long-term care bed move to top of waitlist
For the next month, hospital patients waiting for a long-term care bed in New Brunswick will move to the top of the waitlist as Horizon Health Network tries to ease overcrowding at four of its regional hospitals.
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The Hamilton SpectatorHealth authority asks province to help with overcapacity hospitals
Horizon Health Network (HHN) said four major regional hospitals are in a state of overcapacity due to long-term care patients who no longer require acute care.
Liberals approve Horizon's 'critical state' request
The province has approved Horizon Health Network’s request to move to a “critical state” protocol, which temporarily moves alternate level of care (ALC) patients occupying hospital beds to the top of the wait list for placement in a long-term care facility.
FREDERICTON — The Premier of New Brunswick attributed the overcrowding of four regional hospitals to the lack of long-term care spaces. Susan Holt stated that she was not surprised by the difficulties that hospitals face in receiving patients who should be in long-term care. Ms. Holt's comments to journalists responded to a request made on Tuesday by the Horizon Health Network for the urgent transfer of patients from four hospitals to care homes…
The Horizon network has asked the government to give priority places in care homes to patients in four of its hospitals, which are overflowing. The Minister of Social Development, Cindy Miles, has accepted.
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