Sudbury Regional Hospital (Laurentian) The Ministry of Health grant funding to finally allow the opening of 24 temporary beds at the Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH) to address the shortage. The fact that 25 to 30% of hospital beds is occupied by patients who should be in care centers long-term force the cancellation of surgeries daily for several months. Surgeons unhappy threatened to increase the pressure if solutions were not found by 1 December, some even threatened to leave the region. The president of LAN integration of health care (LHIN) North East, the body which the hospital gets its funding, went to Toronto Thursday to get faster funds from a provincial program whose establishment has not yet been officially announced. This program will help hospitals grappling with the problem of availability of beds. The president and CEO of the HRSRH, Vickie Kaminski, estimated that four weeks to open all 24 new beds for the establishment Laurentien, but it is possible that six to eight beds welcome their first patients early next week. She contends that once the beds open, the establishment cancel more surgeries. Ms. Kaminski noted that the hospital and the province are still working to find a long-term solution to the crisis, a solution that will improve home care.
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