Hospital gearing up for patient transfers

From NorthernLife.ca on January 19, 2010.

The senior vice-president of Sudbury Regional Hospital said he’s “feeling very confident” that the transfer of hundreds of patients from the Memorial and St. Joseph’s hospital sites over the next couple of months will be without incident.

“We have a good plan, we’ve worked hard on that plan for two years, and we’ve got great support from our staff.

They’re excited about the move, and they want to help,” said Joe Pilon, who spoke to Northern Life about the issue Jan. 12 after the hospital’s board of directors meeting.

Pilon said about 100 patients will be transferred from the Memorial site to the one-site hospital, located at Laurentian hospital, on Jan. 31.

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