The Ontario government is "asking hospitals to further implement pandemic plans by carefully ramping down elective surgeries."
Minister of Health Christine Elliott issued a release Sunday, saying the move will allow hospitals to preserve capacity as cases of COVID-19 continue to grow in Ontario.
"...As hospitals move forward with the implementation of their pandemic plans and decisions on their operations, we are asking them to follow three guiding principles: use an ethical framework to guide decision-making, prevent high risk and occult transmission; and develop and preserve capacity within our system.”
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