Five regional hospitals in central Ontario have received formal approval to launch a regional plan to resume non-urgent surgeries, procedures and tests amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The hospitals — Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Campbellford Memorial Hospital and Haliburton Highlands Health Services — made the joint announcement on Friday morning, citing approval from Ontario Health.
The hospitals say they will implement a staged plan beginning in early June that will allow each hospital to increase and decrease the amount of non-urgent care provided depending on circumstances, in particular with cases of coronavirus.