Preparations are underway to free up hospital space to be able to care for patients with COVID-19, Alberta Health Services said Friday.
The day surgery unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre has been temporarily closed, Heather Kipling, a communications director with AHS, said Friday.
Kipling said the unit will be repurposed to ensure the hospital has beds, equipment and staff available for the “expected increased demand caused by COVID-19.” The space became available after the province announced earlier this week elective surgeries would be postponed, Kipling said.
She said similar measures are being implemented at “hospitals across the province, in some shape or form,” but did not provide further details about which facilities in