| Joseph Brant Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1245 Lakeshore Road Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Type | Community |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 245 |
| History | |
| Opened | February 1, 1961 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Joseph Brant Hospital is a hospital in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital was the first in Canada to erect a pandemic response unit.[1] This facility, built in April 2020, with 76 beds, began accepting patients in early January 2021. It was housing patients who had received their preliminary treatment in the main hospital and were showing improvement.[2]
- ^ Taekema, Dan (2020-04-02). "How to build a hospital wing for a pandemic in just 14 days". CBC.
- ^ "Field hospitals and cancelled surgeries: health-care system under siege by rising COVID-19 cases". CTV News. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
The move was deemed necessary in order to continue schedule surgeries and other important services that were threatened with derailment as acute care units reached their bursting point with COVID-19 patients.