{"id":14405,"date":"2020-09-17T12:27:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=14405"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T16:28:07","slug":"hamilton-hospitals-worry-uptick-of-covid-19-will-disrupt-elective-cases-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/hamilton-hospitals-worry-uptick-of-covid-19-will-disrupt-elective-cases-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton hospitals worry uptick of COVID-19 will disrupt elective cases again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(September 16, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/Mk1bKzu6FeEYybvi-XIWDFYVLZk=\/1086x851\/smart\/filters:cb(1600294489288)\/https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/content\/dam\/thespec\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/09\/16\/hamilton-hospitals-worry-uptick-of-covid-19-will-disrupt-elective-cases-again\/sign.jpg\" alt=\"A sign sits on a corner near Hamilton General Hospital at the height of first wave back in April.\" width=\"404\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Hamilton\u2019s hospitals are watching Ontario\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/ts\/politics\/provincial\/2020\/09\/14\/ontario-has-313-new-covid-19-cases-as-infection-numbers-jump-to-highest-level-since-early-june.html\">uptick<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in COVID-19 cases with worry as they try to get through a massive backlog of postponed care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing increased cases in the community but we\u2019re not seeing increased hospitalizations so far,\u201d said Dr. Wes Stephen, chief operating officer of Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS). \u201cBut it\u2019s only a matter of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Over the weekend, the Ontario Hospital Association and Kevin Smith, CEO of Toronto\u2019s University Health Network (UHN), warned the province is losing ground in the fight against\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/03\/31\/what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-in-hamilton-and-halton.html\">COVID-19<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cI\u2019m worried,\u201d Smith, who was previously CEO of St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare, tweeted on Sept. 12. He said UHN has gone from zero cases for several weeks to seven, with the majority in the intensive care unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cIt\u2019s time to act,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cWe know how to turn the tide on increasing cases of COVID. Mask. Physically distance. Hand wash. Limit gatherings. Test. Trace. Isolate. Get serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/09\/08\/is-ontario-ready-for-a-second-wave-of-covid-19.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">second wave<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>of COVID-19 is coming sooner than expected, said current CEO of St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare, Dr. Tom Stewart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cThere is a growing concern,\u201d he said. \u201cReally the numbers we are seeing now on a daily basis are not dissimilar to numbers that would be typical during the spring (in the first wave).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/09\/11\/ten-things-ontario-needs-to-do-to-fight-a-second-wave-of-covid-19.html\">uptick<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 with 251 new infections reported by the province Tuesday \u2014 comes as hospitals are gradually reintroducing elective surgery and other postponed care. While there are no numbers locally, research published in the\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/content\/early\/2020\/09\/01\/cmaj.201521\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>on Sept. 1 estimates 148,364 surgeries were postponed provincewide from March 15 to June 13. The Toronto researchers estimate it will take 84 weeks to clear the backlog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got one eye on the uptick of COVID cases,\u201d said Stephen. \u201cIt is worrisome. We\u2019re all wondering how big is the next wave and how much of an impact it\u2019s going to have on health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">There is wide agreement that hospitals can not postpone care again but they also need to make sure they have beds available for a potential surge of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/08\/07\/people-still-have-to-be-careful-front-line-workers-warn-of-continued-covid-19-risk-as-province-reopens.html\">COVID-19<\/a><\/span>\u00a0patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cOur goal is not to add to the wait list and we are actively working toward getting back to our pre-COVID surgical volumes,\u201d said Stephen. \u201cI do want to emphasize that we do recognize the impact on the patients waiting for their surgery and we continue to plan in hopes to get the backlog addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Originally, the province directed hospitals to leave\u00a0<a class=\"text-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/05\/27\/covid-19-coronavirus-hamilton-latest-news.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">15 per cent<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>of their acute care beds open for COVID-19 patients but Stephen says HHS is working to keep 10 per cent free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">It\u2019s a big task considering Ontario\u2019s hospitals normally have more patients than funded beds. As a result they open beds not paid for by the Ministry of Health and often have to put them in unconventional spaces like sunrooms, family rooms and hallways which has been coined\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a class=\"text-block__link\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2019\/07\/23\/hallway-medicine-expensive-frustrating-and-complicated-doug-ford-vowed-to-fix-it.html\">hallway medicine<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cFrom what we\u2019re hearing \u2014 all across Ontario \u2014 the hospitals are back up toward 100 per cent capacity,\u201d Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, said about hospitals having all funded beds full.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cNow we are heading into a second wave and it does not appear that there\u2019s any more of a plan than there was in the first wave to provide enough care to meet the population need \u2014 so we are extremely concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">A long-standing issue that fills hospital beds is patients who can\u2019t be discharged because they are waiting for other types of care such as home care and long-term care. For the first time in more than a decade, hospitals were able to get the majority of these patients care in other settings at the beginning of the pandemic. But the problem is creeping back again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to move patients in the usual way into long-term care, so a lot of patients are backed up into hospital,\u201d said Stewart. \u201cAs we try to ramp up and catch up on our backlog, as we maybe get hit by another surge of COVID and then do our usual hospital operations, something has got to give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">Hospitals in Hamilton, Burlington, Brant, Niagara, Haldimand and Norfolk released a joint plan for the second wave which mostly focuses on working together to make sure none of them are overcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cWe have worked together to develop a strategy that allows us to balance the demand across the region and make sure that our health-care system \u2014 no one part of it becomes overwhelmed,\u201d said Dr. Cheryl Williams, vice-president of adult regional care at HHS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">The plan keeps things much as they are with Hamilton General Hospital, the Charlton campus of St. Joseph\u2019s, Joseph Brant Hospital, Niagara Health\u2019s St. Catharines site, Norfolk General Hospital and Brant Community Healthcare System as the main providers of care to COVID patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">\u201cHospitals have always had the ability to work together if one is completely overwhelmed,\u201d said Mehra. \u201cI think they\u2019re making much of what really isn\u2019t much of a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-block-container\">She said the lack of a robust plan is a problem across the province<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/09\/16\/hamilton-hospitals-worry-uptick-of-covid-19-will-disrupt-elective-cases-again.html\">Click here for original 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