Friday, December 2, 2011

Hospital experiencing bed shortage

Hospital beds at Lake of the Woods District Hospital are at a premium these days.

Chief Executive Officer Marc Belcaen says they've seen a significant demand for their acute care beds in recent months.

In the past, the hospital be shortage had been created by patients waiting for a long term care bed to open up in the community.

But Belcaen says the addition of ten interim beds at the Pinecrest home for the Aged has virtually eliminated that problem in the past few months.