Mobile hospital on northern Ontario tour to fight hospital-acquired infections in New Liskeard on Monday

NEW LISKEARD, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 26, 2011) - Although medical experts are blaming hospital overcrowding (resulting from cuts to patient beds) for infection outbreaks – particularly outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant superbugs – the Ontario government plans to cut another 5,000 acute care beds province-wide. 16,000 hospital beds have been cut in the province of Ontario since 1995. Currently, hospital bed occupancy is at record levels, over 97 per cent. read more...overcrowded-hospitals-inadequate-resources-cleaning-kill-thousands-each-1519498.htm