The region’s hospitals seem to have been spared, until now, by an increase in the occupancy rate in its emergency rooms. However, the situation remains fragile.
At the time of writing, an occupancy rate of 63% was recorded at the Baie-Saint-Paul Hospital Center. At the Malbaie hospital, 33% of beds are occupied, again according to the Index Santé website.
However, the situation was not similar in the last hours. Friday afternoon, around 3:30 p.m., the Baie-Saint-Paul hospital recorded at one point an occupancy rate of 113% of its emergency beds.
At the same time in La Malbaie, the situation seemed stable with an occupancy rate of 44%.
In the province, it gets worse
While the Index Santé site indicated an occupancy of 117% across the province on Thursday, this percentage rose to 131% on Friday in the middle of the afternoon before falling back to 125% around 6 p.m.
At the start of Friday evening, there were 5,508 patients in the emergency room, of whom 2,370 were still waiting to see a doctor.
The Laval and Laurentides regions were the most affected, with their occupancy rate reaching 155%.
On the island of Montreal, two establishments exceeded 200% occupancy: the Montreal General Hospital (203%) and the Jewish General Hospital (225%).
With information from The Canadian Press
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