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COVID-19 — PRHC says to consider alternatives to emergency room amid record cases, staff shortages “This funding is another landmark investment in our hospital to end hallway health care and deliver better services for our region,” Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith said.“This funding marks a significant investment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.  Today, we have secured funding to support 88 health-care beds at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and community partners.”In a Zoom press conference to announce the funding on Tuesday, hospital executive vice-president and chief of staff Dr. Lynn Mikula said the money was critical given the ongoing pandemic.“As we continue to operate more than 40 additional surge beds across the hospital to support substantial increases in patient volumes in recent years, and as we continue to face ongoing staffing shortages due to COVID-19 and other factors affecting the health-care system across Ontario, this funding will be absolutely critical to ensuring that we can continue to meet the care needs of the patients we serve,” Mikula said.“It provides us with more stable funding to operate the surge beds that are absolutely needed by our community and were needed before COVID.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre reports the recent intake of COVID-19 patients from other areas has not created any capacity issues.According to Dr. Lynn Mikula, the hospital’s chief medical executive and chief of staff, as of Wednesday morning there were 17 inpatients with COVID-19 — 11 of whom were transferred from the Greater Toronto Area.And Mikula says the acceptance routine — with our without COVID-19 — will continue.

coronavirus cases continue to surge across the province, officials with Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) say it’s ready to expand into “nonconventional” spaces within the hospital should there be a need amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.Right now, the hospital has 28 intensive care unit (ICU) beds and has identified 24 additional surge spaces.“This is outside of the main ICU, but where we can add critical care beds, where required,” said Dr. Lynn Mikula, PRHC vice-president, chief medical executive and chief of staff.That said, Dr.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre is currently operating at 90 per cent bed capacity, the hospital’s vice-president announced Tuesday.In her media conference, Dr. Lynn Mikula, the hospital’s vice-president, chief medical executive and chief of staff, noted that Ontario Health recently updated its capacity for acute care hospitals to operate from an 85 per cent capacity to 90 per cent capacity during the coronavirus pandemic.“We are still within line of the provincial expectation,” said Mikula.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre is planning to resume non-urgent care in early June if it can meet provincial criteria, the hospital’s chief medical executive said Tuesday.

Nearly all staff members at Peterborough Regional Health Centre who had previously tested positive for the novel coronavirus have been resolved, the hospital announced Tuesday.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre says one patient remains in the intensive care unit with COVID-19, while testing for the coronavirus has been increased throughout the region.

A fourth staff member at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but the case is believed to be community transmission, the hospital announced on Monday morning.

There’s no further evidence of transmission of the novel coronavirus at Peterborough Regional Health Centre after three staff members tested positive for COVID-19 last week, the hospital reported Tuesday morning.

Three staff members at Peterborough Regional Health Centre have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the hospital reported Thursday afternoon.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre says it’s preparing for a surge of patients due to the coronavirus pandemic.