Patients leaving Hamilton hospitals with nowhere to go can turn to a new program for a warm place to stay

Patients leaving Hamilton hospitals with nowhere to go can turn to a new program for a warm place to stay

Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton have partnered with local drop-in centre The Hub for a pilot program that offers discharged patients a warm place to go.

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On cold nights, it’s hard to find safe places to discharge unhoused patients, Hamilton emergency-department doctors say. But thanks to a new partnership with downtown drop-in centre The Hub, local hospital networks have a reliable place to send people who have nowhere else to go. Patients who don’t need to remain in hospital are commonly released with instructions […]

Hamilton hospitals, drop-in centre partner to offer warm space for patients with nowhere to go

5 Min Read On cold nights, it’s hard to find safe places to discharge unhoused patients, Hamilton emergency-department doctors say. But thanks to a new partnership with downtown drop-in centre The Hub, local hospital networks have a reliable place to send people who have nowhere else to go. Patients who don’t need to remain in hospital are commonly released with instructions for followup care, Dr. Erich Hanel, interim chief of emergency medicin…