Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is a Canadian acute care hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
The hospital experienced a significant increase in demand for emergency care in the later stages of the declared COVID-19 pandemic, with the rate of patients arriving by ambulance nearly doubling between February and August 2022.[1]
TBRHSC raises funds through the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation.
In 2021/2022, the TBRHSC received $27.1 million in additional COVID-19-related funding from the Government of Ontario, allowing the hospital to finish the fiscal year with a $5.8 million surplus.[2]
Ambulances are stacking up at Thunder Bay’s hospital. (2022, August 24). TBNewsWatch. https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/ambulances-are-stacking-up-at-thunder-bays-hospital-5735121 ↩︎
2021-2022 Annual Report. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Retrieved December 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221202101745/https://tbrhsc.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2021-22-TBRHSC-Annual-Report.pdf ↩︎