tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054848717867658510.post2442884779533481745..comments2024-03-29T08:21:49.464-04:00Comments on Defend Public Healthcare: Aim to solve only the smallest part of the hospital crisis -- and you won't solve the bigger partsLeftwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556235167108250920noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054848717867658510.post-76512295968449739332011-05-13T17:11:53.321-04:002011-05-13T17:11:53.321-04:00In our area, Hamilton Niagara Halton Brant LHIN, ...In our area, Hamilton Niagara Halton Brant LHIN, have taken the Continuing out of Complex Continuing Care....thereby leaving only Complex Care (CC). <br /> <br />They will cut the number of days a CC patient will be allowed to stay in the hospital using a variety of strategies. Patients will no longer be able to stay in hospital beds for long periods of time. It will be defined, and you can be sure the number of defined days allowed will gradually, but surely drop. <br />Simultaneously patients at home will be discouraged to coming to the ER and patients in the ER will be discouraged from being admitted to the hospital. <br /> <br />The LHIN is counting on these strategies to enable them to be able to cut a number of hospital beds by April 2012, without the addition of new LTC beds. <br /> <br />The LHIN will tell you they are not cutting acute hospital beds, but be aware these beds in 2008 had been acute beds and they were redesignated to CCC beds and now will be cut. <br /> <br />So it's sort of like a game of smoke and mirrors, or should I say musical chairs. When the music stops they cut another bed and see which patient gets left out. <br /> <br />Pat ScholfieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com