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Hospital crowding remains a challenge at baseline in Ontario.[1]
In 2003, North York General Hospital (NYGH) was directly affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and built an assessment zone using our ambulance bay.[2]
The enhanced protection zone is situated in the ambulance bay
Summary
Hospital crowding remains a challenge at baseline in Ontario.[1]. The enhanced protection zone was created out of the necessity for physical space in which to safely assess patients. Correspondence to: Dr Cori Atlin, North York General Hospital, Emergency Department, 4001 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON M2K 1E1; Email: cori.atlin@ utoronto.ca CJEM 2020;22(6):[1,2] North York General Hospital (NYGH) is a large-sized academic community hospital, situated in Toronto, Ontario, serving a catchment area of 420,000 people. Our annual ED consensus was 113,976 in 2018–2019.
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