{"id":2273,"date":"2021-01-15T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2021-02-11T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T13:05:44","slug":"bereavement-authority-covid-19-measures-help-ease-pressure-on-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/stage\/bereavement-authority-covid-19-measures-help-ease-pressure-on-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bereavement authority COVID-19 measures help ease pressure on hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article was provided by the BAO to the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) to share with hospitals.<\/em> <\/em>– One of two articles \/ Read Article 2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) has put measures in place to help hospitals in managing patient deaths during the surging pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BAO is the government delegated administrative authority regulating the death care sector in Ontario. Its more than 5,300 licensees provide professional services to grieving families for funerals, transfers, burials, cremations and hydrolysis of deceased loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Jan. 12, the day the Government of Ontario declared a second provincial emergency, the BAO issued a Registrar’s Directive putting new measures in place. The measures for the bereavement sector ensure continued timely dispositions of those who have died and minimize the risk of overwhelming hospital morgues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEDR \u2013
Quickly transferring the deceased from hospitals<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This directive, called the Modified Expedited Death Response (MEDR) plan, supports healthcare by transferring the dead from hospitals quickly and freeing hospital staff to spend more time caring for the living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healthcare staff may remember the effectiveness of the first Expedited Death Response (EDR) plan from the first wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what hospital healthcare staff need to know about the Modified EDR plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n