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Patient’s miscarriage experience highlights significant physical limitations of Campbellford Memorial Hospital’s outdated Emergency Department
“My daughter experienced a miscarriage, one of the most intimate and traumatizing experiences a woman and family can go through,” shared Catherine Holt, Kelly’s mother. “She received incredible, compassionate, professional care in the Emergency Department, but it was distressing that there was only a curtain between her having a miscarriage and the elderly patient beside her experiencing heart issues. We heard everything they were experiencing, and they heard everything we were experiencing.
Dr. Elia points out that in addition to increased year-round residents, there has also been a boom in the cottage population, adding pressure on the rural Emergency Department. As a result, CMH expects the ED volumes in the 2022-23 fiscal year will be 120% of the 2020-21 volumes. “It’s remarkable how the ED team delivers high-quality care to patients despite working in an overcrowded space with serious limitations and challenges,” reflected Heather. “The environment is not conducive to providing emergency care, but our dedicated staff and physicians work extra hard to ensure high-quality patient care.”
Dr. Elia adds that the CMH ED volume levels are so high that ambulances have offload delays because there is no space to bring the patient from the ambulance into the hospital. CMH has recently applied for funding to renovate the current ED to meet the infection control standards, such as adding a negative pressure room and an additional washroom.
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