Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj compares him to baseball playoffs before the World Series. Last time, the Tigers took a break before the World Series and lost to the team that had to fight until the big show.
“We never had a break with COVID,” Musyj said. “We don’t rest. We start preparing for fall in July. “
“I think it allowed us to carry on, it kept us comfortable, it exhausted a lot of people, but it allowed us to move Array . . . and be in a smart position right now,” Musyj said. “We never had a break with COVID, I think that’s why we are more powerful in the sense that we do not rest. “
So now, with the coming wave, this region is more accustomed to taking precautions, unlike other parts of the province that have noticed fewer numbers in the summer and would possibly have returned to old customs.
But Musyj warns about the option of 1,000 new instances consistent with the day in two weeks, if the number of positive instances increases, it will result in more hospitalizations and cancellations of some elective surgeries.
“That’s when you start to see other people under [fans], that’s when you start, unfortunately, to see deaths,” Musyj said.
CBC Windsor October 1, COVID-19 update: 1 new cases today
As of Thursday, there were only 44 active instances in the region and a new case was reported. Musyj attributes the precautions he sees taking the region.
Musyj said he saw more young people go to evaluation centers for testing and assign paintings of doctors and pediatricians on site.
“We knew we were going to start seeing more cases in our younger population and in young people in particular. So we looked to have that experience at Array,” said Chief of Staff Dr. Wassim Saad. referring to the two doctors and a pediatrician they have at the St. Clair College assessment center. There are 3 doctors on Campus Ouellette.
The hospital is also on track to secure a testing machine in the middle of the month.
But Saad and Musyj agree that the pandemic is over and we will deal with it until the end of 2021 and, according to Canada’s director of public health, Theresa Tam, until 2022.
“We hope for the worst and the best,” Musyj said after Thursday’s board meeting.
“If we communicate about this October 1, 2021, which turns out to be Array, we want to move forward and we want to start thinking about what’s going on. So we’re thinking about things moving forward,” he said.
Regarding how COVID-19 affected the progress of the mega-hospital, Musyj said it was delayed, but also told the province that the hospital was needed due to a lack of personal rooms.
“Because we have to check the other people who come in and have to get rid of COVID before we can put them with other people, we lose 30 beds there,” Musyj said, adding that instead of 20% of the rooms being private, it will be 80%, as will be the case with the new hospital.
“Now that the pandemic has arrived, it has highlighted many of our shortcomings,” Dr. Saad said. “The Prime Minister has obviously seen, identified that we want him, and now he’s fighting for it. So I think the pandemic has driven us in our progression to the mega-hospital. “
The pandemic has caused a deficit of $ 4. 3 million, so this year, however, Musyj is confident that the province will make up the difference.
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Dale Molnar is an award-winning video reporter at CBC Windsor. He is a graduate of the University of Windsor and has worked in television, radio and print media.
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