COVID-19.The 70-bed, 8,250 square-foot structure is meant to be a regional asset for partner hospitals facing capacity challenges, such as Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, Georgian Bay General Hospital, Muskoka Algonquin Health, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Stevenson Memorial Hospital.
Field hospital being built at RVH in Barrie, Ont., to prepare for second wave of coronavirus Professionally staffed and fully-equipped, the field hospital is not a unit for COVID patients but for patients who are medically stable with an estimated stay of three to five days.The pandemic response unit will open in phases, beginning in late November, as community needs dictate.“RVH is very well-trained and well-prepared to respond to this.