The lack of nursing home beds in the province is compounding the operating room issues at the Regional Hospital -- that from the President and CEO of Horizon Health Network Donald Peters.
He says surgeries are being put off because there would be no place to put the patient.
He says the government could give him a million dollars tomorrow to fix the operating room crisis but, it wouldn't help if he doesn't have any beds. He says the beds are at 100 per cent occupancy at the regional hospital.
Peters adds the bed shortage hit the Regional Hospital sooner than any other hospital in the province.