Last weekend, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) began allowing a private corporation run by eight Ottawa physicians to perform orthopedic surgeries in vacant operating rooms at its Riverside Campus.
The corporation, Academic Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa Inc. , will perform surgeries at the hospital on Saturdays — a day TOH’s operating rooms typically sit empty — with the goal of reducing the backlog of joint replacement surgeries and long wait times, according to the Ministry of Health. The hospital says all procedures are covered by OHIP.
TOH spokesperson Rebecca Abelson said the hospital would not comment on these payment details “as that is out of our purview.” “This could be a useful public-private partnership but there is still so much up in the air. The bigger question is: Why is this coming from an independent hospital, rather than from a planned central provincial strategy in which we utilize public resources in an organized and targeted way?”
A search of Ontario’s corporation registry reveals Academic Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa Inc. was incorporated in December 2021 and is directed by eight orthopedic surgeons, most of whom have privileges at The Ottawa Hospital.
“The Ottawa Hospital is doing its part in helping clear the region’s surgical backlog by opening up operating rooms to existing staff on the weekend when they are not in use by the hospital,” she said in an email. “We are always open to innovative ideas to address the current surgical backlog and we will continue to work collaboratively with our partners to build a more convenient, better connected public health care system.
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