Niagara Health’s COVID-19 Assessment Centres are temporarily extending their hours due to an increased demand in booking for COVID-19 tests. Self-referrals have steadily increased over the last week to a high of 1,800 on Dec. 20. Please note that Niagara Health does not accept walk-ins for COVID-19 testing.
Healthcare professionals across the Niagara region are mobilizing to respond to an increase in COVID-19 related cases in the coming weeks due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
À partir du mardi 21 décembre, les visiteurs et les partenaires de soins essentiels devront fournir une preuve de vaccination (confirmant qu’ils ont reçu la deuxième dose il y a au moins 14 jours) avant d’entrer dans l’hôpital. De plus, une seule personne à la fois pourra se trouver au chevet d’un patient. Ces changements résultent de la propagation rapide du variant Omicron et visent à rendre le milieu hospitalier le plus sécuritaire possible.
Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 21, visitors and Essential Care Partners must show proof of vaccination (i.e. 14-days since second dose) before entering the hospital and only one person can be at a patient’s bedside at a time. These changes are a result of the evolving situation with the Omicron variant and will help us maintain the safest environment possible in the hospital.
I was deeply troubled to learn of concerns raised yesterday by family members and leaders within the local Indigenous community related to the death last Friday of a patient in our care.
Niagara Health is recognizing 23 individuals and teams for demonstrating extraordinary caring following a record number of submissions from peers for our 15th annual Interprofessional Practice Awards.
Niagara Ice Dogs players Cameron Butler (Captain) and Cameron Peters, along with Niagara Regional Police (NRP) Deputy Chief Brett Flynn and Tarryn Anderson from Victim Services Niagara, delivered 125 teddy bears Tuesday morning to Niagara Health’s St. Catharines Site for patients in the Children’s Unit.
The Niagara Health Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the It’s Our Future campaign for the new South Niagara Site of Niagara Health. The Foundation is honoured to announce that the campaign will be led by co-chairs Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls and Mr. Harry Oakes.
At Niagara Health, we want you to stay healthy during the cold and flu season. There are many things you can do to protect yourself from getting – and spreading – the flu and other illnesses.
Niagara Health has two new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) research studies underway, one to better understand health outcomes for COVID-19 patients and the other to inform the development of a national strategy to expand clinical research in community hospitals in Canada.
