acute care beds

Online/New Media by rochekellyOctober 20, 2011October 20, 2011

Montfort expansion means 400 more bilingual jobs

First they expanded, now they’re recruiting. The Montfort Hospital is hiring 400 bilingual health care professionals over the next 12 months. “We went through a major growth,” said director of human resources and recruitment Marie O’Dell. A job fair is taking place at the hospital Friday and Saturday. Half of the new hires will be […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 2, 2011August 4, 2011

Area hospitals bursting at the seams

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/02/17471341.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/02/pf-17470581.html Acute-care beds at area hospitals are increasingly unavailable, making for cancelled surgeries and longer emergency room wait times. That’s because an alarming number of seniors are using them who should be in long-term care. Currently about 3,300 people in the Champlain region are waiting for long-term care beds at home and in […]