Hospital Bed Shortage Easing

Lake of the Woods District Hospital says its seen a slight easing of its bed shortage.


Chief Executive Officer, Marc Belcaen says at the end of December that had 24
alternate level of care patients in the hospital.

That's down from 26 the month previous.

He adds that only 10 of those patients were actually waiting for a long term care bed
to open up.

That's down from 13 in November.

Belcaen says the number is still high, but suggests the situation isn't as critical
as it had been earlier this fall.