COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the Lakeshore General Hospital hard.Two operating rooms are shuttered, while many elective surgeries are cancelled and postponed to future dates.The health care crisis facing the hospital and its officials is due to surging COVID-19 admissions.Dr.
Robin Nathanson, the hospital’s assistant medical chief in the emergency department, tells Global News the hospital anticipates another 11 COVID-19 patients will be admitted to the Lakeshore in the near future from other hospitals.Meanwhile, the Lakeshore is having to reopen its dedicated COVID-19 ICU ward.
Quebec facing nursing staff shortage “Our volumes are at what they were pre-COVID or even higher than pre-COVID and we have COVID to deal with on top of it.