NL Health Services responds to family's concerns about 83yo hospital patient being transferred from Corner Brook to Bay St. George
Patients at the current Corner Brook hospital are being moved on Sunday to the new hospital in the city. Meanwhile, some long-term care residents who are getting temporary care at the old Western Memorial Regional Hospital are still waiting for permanent long-term care beds to open up for them in another part of Corner Brook. That means about 10 of those patients are being transferred to facilities outside the city. Hospital managers have told Western Newfoundland resident Kim Sheehan that her 83-year-old mother is scheduled to be temporarily moved to an NL Health long-term care centre in Bay. St. George. Sheehan says if that happens, it will be difficult for her 87-year-old father to travel from Benoit's Cove to Bay St. George to visit his wife. Paulette Morgan is senior director of hospital and clinical services for the Western zone of NL Health Services. She spoke with the CBC's Elizabeth Whitten.
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