For the first time in over a month, the bed shortage at Lake of the Woods District
Hospital has started to ease.
On Friday, the Northwest Local Health Integration Network lifted the 1-A status, which
gave the hospital the first opportunity for any long term care beds that became available
in the community.
Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Marc Belcaen says there has been a slight improvement
in their situation in recent days.
Belcaen says they managed to place five patients from beds at the hospital into long term
care beds in Pinecrest and Birchwood Terrace over the past month or so.
