{"id":23555,"date":"2021-01-08T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/ontarios-first-field-hospital-for-covid-19-patients-opens-in-burlington\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:10:40","slug":"ontarios-first-field-hospital-for-covid-19-patients-opens-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/burlington\/ontarios-first-field-hospital-for-covid-19-patients-opens-in-burlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario&#8217;s first field hospital for COVID-19 patients opens in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first field hospital in Ontario <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.cp24.com\/news\/2021\/1\/5\/1_5253899.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was constructed outside Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington<\/a> to help control a large surge of COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed health-care systems in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patients started to be transported to the facility on Tuesday after it opened its doors on Monday. Hospital officials have been working to identify people who can be moved into the new field hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: JBH\u2019s Pandemic Response Unit \u2013 the 1st of its kind built in ON \u2013 is welcoming its 1st <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#COVID19<\/a> patients this week, in response to a heightened need for COVID-19 care &amp; increasing pressure on regional hospital capacity. READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7rFxneK3TL\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/7rFxneK3TL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/burlon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#burlon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hamont?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#hamont<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PKTqcpZqUC\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/PKTqcpZqUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joseph Brant Hospital and Foundation (@Jo_Brant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jo_Brant\/status\/1346187624122355719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hospital CEO Eric Vandewall said that they believed it was time to use the 73-bed all-season facility, that was constructed in April, in order to keep scheduled surgeries and important services running while care units reach capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 has put increased stress on health care units in Hamilton, Burlington, Niagara, Haldimand, and Brant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the additional facility might take some patients out of the hospitals, the field unit is incredibly understaffed with only enough employees to use 30 beds. And there are plans to increase capacity over the next few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Family doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and community care workers are some of those who are staffing the field unit. A call was put out for nurses to help with vaccination efforts as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jo_Brant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Jo_Brant<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first field hospital in Ontario was constructed outside Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington to help control a large surge of COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed health-care systems in the area. 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