Loved ones play an invaluable role in the care of our patients. When visitor restrictions were put in place at Niagara Health to limit the spread of COVID-19 and keep everyone safe, we introduced the Essential Care Partners (ECP) program to ensure our patients would continue to benefit from the support of their loved ones while in the hospital.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for youth 12-17 and adults 18+ for the Pfizer vaccine from June 2 to 12 at the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre.
Niagara Health is cautiously starting to resume elective surgeries and procedures as of Tuesday, May 25, starting with day surgeries and other outpatient procedures and moving to inpatient surgeries later in the week.
Today, Niagara Health started scheduling high-risk healthcare workers for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a shortened interval. An estimated 13,000 healthcare workers in Niagara will be impacted by this new provincial direction to shorten the second-dose interval.
Niagara Health would like to recognize its nursing teams during National Nursing Week, May 10 to 16. The organization’s nurses have been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and have remained dedicated to providing patients and their loved ones with Extraordinary Caring.
Today, Niagara Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre in St. Catharines surpassed 100,000 vaccine doses administered since opening earlier this year.
It’s the unrelenting nature of the COVID-19 variants of concern and the severity of illness in patients that has struck Dr. Ryan D’Sa most about the third wave of the pandemic.
Niagara Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre continues to make significant progress in our fight against COVID-19, with more than 95,000 doses administered at the clinic.
Outbreaks reinforce the highly infectious nature of COVID-19 and the need for vigilance with public health measures of physical distancing, proper and consistent mask usage, regular hand washing and having contact with members of your household only.
Niagara Health is undergoing a number of changes in Critical Care today to respond to significant healthcare system pressures in Niagara and across the province.
