Correction to Royal Gazette story on acute care beds

Saturday 21 February 2026: Correction to references in the Saturday 21 February 2026 edition of The Royal Gazette and on royalgazette.com:

In reference to incorrect articles printed in the Saturday 21 February 2026 edition of The Royal Gazette and posted online, BHB has no plans to build a new acute care facility or add acute care beds. As BHB said in a statement provided to The Royal Gazette on 20 February, “The capital infusion that will allow BHB to bring on line 30 additional long-term care beds this year will enable us to improve internal bed flow so that medically fit for discharge patients can be transferred from the Acute Care Wing into the KEMH General Wing.”

KEMH has sufficient beds to meet the demand for acute care. However, a large number of those acute care beds are consistently occupied by patients who are medically fit for discharge and no longer need hospital care. This prevents newly admitted acutely ill patients from moving into those beds.

The capital funding announced in the Budget Statement will allow BHB to convert space within its existing facilities, adding 30 additional long-term care beds. This means patients who are medically fit for discharge can move out of the acute care units to a lower level of care. Acute care patients who are boarding in the Emergency Department waiting for a bed can then move into the vacated acute care beds, which in turn relieves pressure on Emergency.

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