The Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) is operating at maximum capacity as a result of non-Covid19 patients accessing care at the hospital. The public is advised that PMH will continue to provide care to both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients as the hospital’s leadership and clinical staff have taken every possible step to mitigate the impact of the increase of COVID-19 cases. 

The PMH Family Medicine Clinic at Agape House will offer limited services as nursing staff will be redeployed to the Princess Margaret Hospital. Only physicians will remain deployed at Agape Clinic. All scheduled clinic appointments will be honoured.

PMH anticipates an increase in bed capacity of twenty-three (23) beds within the next twenty-four (24) hours.

Non-COVID hospital operations, resources, and services have been adjusted.  Faceto-face outpatient services, including elective surgeries and specialty clinics, are limited. Public/visitor access to our public hospitals remains limited to ensure the safety of patients and staff and to minimize further transmission of COVID.

As a result of decreased bed capacity, forty (40) patients at the hospital’s Emergency Department are awaiting admission. The Emergency Department is restricted to emergency cases only including major accidents, strokes, and heart attacks, trauma with major bleeding, loss of consciousness, and difficulty breathing.   

The Authority requests that the public extend patience at this time as the Princess Margaret Hospital is doing everything possible to manage the impact of the increase in COVID-19 infections.

We anticipate the ongoing renovations to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) area and other critical spaces will provide the much-needed relief to hospital wait times and overall hospital capacity. The PHA seeks the public’s support in our efforts to provide quality care and address critical challenges in the immediate future.  The public is encouraged to follow all advisories and updates from the Ministry of Health & Wellness and the Public Hospitals Authority for further information regarding hospital services.