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‘A punishing third wave’: RVH transfers 50 to other hospitals in past 2 weeks, official says
COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie, Ont., has had to transfer 50 patients to other hospitals and has accepted more than 60 Greater Toronto Area (GTA) transfers over the last two weeks, according to a local hospital official.The hospital’s intensive care unit is also full and the health centre has activated its “critical care surge plan,” which allows for the creation of 19 additional critical care beds, RVH CEO Janice Skot told reporters Wednesday.