As COVID-19 cases in the community steadily increased, so did the number of admitted COVID-19 patients in our Hospital. In order to manage the added pressure on our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the COVID-19 Care Unit it was necessary to reduce some clinical services, redeploy staff and prepare areas across the hospital to support surge activities.

Encouraged by the recent stabilization of COVID-19 admissions, effective immediately we will begin to slowly increase reduced clinical services, transition out of surge spaces, and return many of the redeployed staff back to their primary work locations.

These decisions are made in consultation with Physician leadership, and are guided by principles of staff and patient safety, fairness, equity and transparency. In addition, consideration is given to overall hospital capacity, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies and staffing are constantly monitored to ensure we are able to meet patient care needs.

All Hospital COVID-19 updates are available on the iNtranet at https://comms.tbrhsc.net/covid-19-information/.