OTTAWA -- The Queensway Carleton Hospital is turning a floor at a closed Kanata hotel into a ward for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The hospital is in the planning process to open 16 beds on a dedicated floor of the Fairfield Inn & Suites on Terry Fox Drive. The hotel operated by Marriott is closed to guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement to CTV News Ottawa, the Queensway Carleton Hospital says “the alternative site would be staffed and appropriately retrofitted to meet the care needs of low-acuity, low-risk alternate level of care patients.”
“The decision to move patients would be made with careful consideration, with a focus on those patients whose acute care needs have been met and who can be safely cared for in an alternate environment.”
The Queensway Carleton Hospital says the Fairfield Inn & Suites could accommodate up to 40 patients.
