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Hamilton Health Sciences closing field hospital amid dropping COVID-19 hospitalizations

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Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says it’s shutting down it’s Mobile Health Unit (MHU) effective immediately as per directions from the Ministry of Health.The field hospital, set up at a parking lot on Wellington Street just outside of Hamilton General at the end of May, was part of an initiative from public health Ontario to handle potential overflow from local and out of region hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“The decommissioning process is expected to be complete by early September,” spokesperson Wendy Stewart told Global News in e-mail on Monday.

Ontario soon to have another field hospital as Hamilton site prepares for operation next month Stewart said the agency was told the decision was tied to declining hospitalizations and ICU.

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