More than 4,000 people have been examined at the COVID-19 assessment centre at Brewer Park Arena in Ottawa since it opened just under two weeks ago, according to an Ottawa Hospital emergency physician who helped plan the centre.
The Brewer Park assessment centre opened its doors on March 13 amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, as health officials raced to protect local emergency departments from the additional pressure of COVID-19 assessment and testing. “We were able to significantly decrease the volumes in the emergency departments,” Dr.
Andrew Willmore, the Ottawa Hospital’s medical director of emergency management, told reporters during a daily teleconference with local health officials on Thursday.