Nursing Unit Consolidation Moves Ahead

The move towards a single nursing floor at LaVerendrye Hospital continues.

Riverside Health Care is currently in the process of moving patients from its Complex Continuing Care and Pediatrics units to the St. Andrew's wing of the Fort Frances hospital

CEO Wayne Woods says for the visiting public there will be very little impact.

"If people are coming in to visit, they'll be visiting their patients on a different floor," says Woods. "That's the only change they're going to see."

Woods admits there will be some impact staffing, but the exact number isn't immediately known.

The temporary consolidation is expected to be completed by the end of next week.