BC to Reactivate Its COVID Emergency Operations Centres to Prepare for More Illness

 

The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operation centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday they’ve been coping with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health-care system.

He said reactivating the centres starting Monday will ensure people have continued access to hospital care and will allow for a co-ordinated response during periods of additional pressures on hospitals.

There were 10,226 patients in B.C.’s hospitals on Friday, a six percent jump from 9,637 on New Year’s Eve.

Dix said the centres will help ensure there is space for those needing it in the coming weeks.

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