COVID-19 pandemic.In new documents released on Wednesday, officials said its surgical recovery plan will include initiatives that will allow hospitals and health systems to expand total capacity to 110 to 115 per cent in order to clear some of the backlog.The provincial government allocated $216 million in new funding that will focus on surgical volumes and activity.

This will pay for 67,000 additional surgeries and procedures, such as dealing with hip replacements, cataracts and colonoscopies.

There will be a focus on areas with the hardest hit hospitals such as in Peel Region and Scarborough. Ontario to resume non-urgent surgeries and procedures as COVID-19 numbers decline The roadmap also included new money for thousands of more.

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COVID-19 Status Changing in Wyoming Due to Delta Variant

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AstraZeneca study finds small clot risk after 1st COVID-19 shot, none after 2nd

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