South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) has closed its doors to visitors following a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak.
In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the Bracebridge site after eight patients and six staff across four inpatient units tested positive.
Comments closedEleven patients in two different units have contracted COVID-19 while receiving care at the hospital.
Comments closedThe COVID-19 outbreak at Olds Hospital and Care Centre has grown since first being declared, according to Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Comments closedSouth Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge (SMMH) has closed its doors throughout the hospital, including the emergency department, to the public.
Comments closedA COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Victoria-area hospital.
Island Health said in a statement the outbreak was declared Thursday at the centre unit of Saanich Peninsula Hospital, with 15 patients infected and all experiencing mild illness.
Comments closedFifteen people have contracted COVID-19 at a Vancouver Island hospital amid an ongoing outbreak of the respiratory illness. The outbreak is one of at least three confirmed coronavirus outbreaks now active in B.C. hospitals.
Comments closedUsing portables for kids in B.C. isn’t just happening at schools — Surrey Memorial Hospital has installed a temporary emergency waiting area at its pediatric wing, preparing for a potential surge in patients.
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Comments closedThe Drumheller Health Centre has become the first acute-care facility in southern Alberta to adopt AHS masking rules to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The mandate, posted by Alberta Health Services on Friday, requires all patients, visitors, and medical and non-medical staff to wear masks in areas where patients are cared for, including the long-term care and supportive living wings of the hospital, as well as the Community Cancer Centre.
Comments closedThose who wish to go to the bedside of a patient staying at the Gaspé hospital will have to wait to do so. The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de la Gaspésie suspends site visits for an indefinite period, due to COVID-19.
Comments closedHorizon Health Network is tightening its masking rules again, requiring all health-care workers, patients, visitors and designated support persons to wear a medical-grade mask in all patient and clinical areas of its facilities, starting Monday.
Comments closedThe Nunavut government is not planning to expand the mask mandate it imposed last week at the territory’s health centres.
The Health Department announced the change Oct. 17 in a news release in light of “increasing numbers” of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
Comments closedMasks are mandatory once again in all Nunavut health facilities due to increasing cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses that have been detected, the territory’s Health Department said Tuesday.
Comments closedAs of October 3, masks are mandatory for healthcare workers and visitors in settings that are accessible to patients, including areas where they receive care. This includes spaces like the rooms where doctors and nurses serve patients directly, or areas where patients may stay while waiting, such as lobbies. The policy also extends to contractors or volunteers in the area, but does not include private clinics or patients themselves.
Comments closedAs of today, Monday, Oct. 16, everyone is required to wear a medical grade mask when they enter any Lakeridge Health facility.
This is a change from the masking policy Lakeridge Health had in place in July 2023, when masks were only mandatory in patient-facing areas, and were optional but recommended in all other areas of the hospital.
Comments closedFor some people, going to hospital may now be more dangerous than staying at home untreated. Many clinically vulnerable people fear, sometimes with good reason, that a visit to hospital or the doctors’ surgery could be the end of them.
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