The CEO of Horizon Santé-Nord (HSN) said COVID-19-related admissions are still high at regional hospitals, but there are encouraging signs.
Dominic Giroux said there were approximately 39 COVID-19 patients admitted compared to 61 a few weeks ago.
The numbers change from week to week so I don’t want to declare success, too early, on the contrary. But I point out that in two weeks we have seen the number of admissions go down, which is encouraging.he says.
Also, a lower proportion of employees have to self-isolate because of COVID-19.
Dominic Giroux said about 1.5% of workers are now laid off, compared to 4.4% at the height of staff shortages.
ang CEO he says he is cautiously optimistic.
These are both encouraging trends, but we’ve seen trends change very rapidly from week to week over the past few years.said Mr. Giroux.
Dominic Giroux pointed out that it is difficult to get an accurate picture of COVID-19 cases in the community due to lack of evaluation. PCR.
Furthermore, the CEO says backlogs in operations have been reduced by about two hundred cases since March.
There are now about 5,100 people waiting for surgery, a number even higher than before the pandemic.
With information from the CBC
Source: Radio-Canada
