'How are we going to manage?' Queensway Carleton worries about ability to cope this winter

It has been a long, crowded summer at Queensway Carleton Hospital and it seems unlikely this week’s provincial announcement of money to “end hallway health care” is going to offer much relief.
Unlike most years, patient volume never went down at Queensway Carleton over the summer. As a result, day surgeries had to be cancelled several times, which is rare in the summer, and the hospital saw its highest ever volume of ALC patients — filling 57 of 103 beds. (ALC or alternat