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Ontario lays groundwork for scheduled surgeries to resume as coronavirus spread slows
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TORONTO – Ontario’s Ministry of Health is planning for hospitals to resume scheduled surgeries as the spread of COVID-19 slows.
But officials say hospitals will need to reserve 15 per cent of beds for coronavirus patients and meet a number of other criteria.
Ministry officials say there’s no timeline for when these procedures will be allowed to resume, but hospitals and health regions are now in a position assess their situations. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Scheduled procedures were put on hold on March 15 in a directive that remains in place nearly two months later.
Officials say the backlog of procedures now numbers in the tens of thousands. However, the number of scheduled surgeries that
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