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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 […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyJanuary 31, 2011August 4, 2011

Ottawa hospitals to expand MRI services

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/31/17106546.html Relief is on the way for more than 4,000 people on a non-urgent MRI waiting list at the Ottawa Hospital, as three area hospitals are boosting the operating hours for MRI scans. “We will be putting additional shifts on, on evenings, nights and weekends,” said Paula Doering, vice-president of clinical programs at […]