Thank you for this article!

Hospital overcrowding is one of the most misunderstood issues in the media -- and in the public mindset. In Thunder Bay, "gridlock" has been a problem for years. However, the answer is not more acute care beds; it's more long-term care and alternate care beds, and more programs that can help patients avoid hospital admissions and trips to the ER in the first place.

The result will be a more streamlined system so that patients can get the level of care they need, when they need it.