This year’s virtual Annual General Meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the many examples of courage and hope that were demonstrated over the last year as Niagara pulled together to respond to the unprecedented demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Niagara Health will be closing its COVID-19 Assessment Centres in Niagara Falls and Welland in mid-July due to reduced demand for testing. The Niagara Health St. Catharines Assessment Centre will remain open. Community pharmacies, primary care and other test centres will remain open for the community.
An outbreak of COVID-19 on Unit D/Stroke Unit at Niagara Health’s Niagara Falls Site has been resolved.
With lower COVID-19 transmission rates in the community, we are at the point in our recovery that we can begin welcoming back visitors in our inpatient units starting today. We are also expanding the guidelines for a Support Person to accompany patients in our Emergency Departments (EDs) and Urgent Care Centres (UCCs).
Niagara Health’s COVID-19 Assessment Centre hours are changing effective June 14, 2021.
A unit outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared on Unit D/Stroke Unit at our Niagara Falls Site due to three healthcare-associated patient cases.
There are no changes to vaccine supply at this time and the clinic team will continue to administer approximately the same number of doses each week.
At Niagara Health, our inpatient COVID-19 activity is at its lowest since April 8. Our ICU capacity is stabilizing, which enables the surgical program to ramp up services postponed during the third wave.
Niagara Health’s Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP) has received the highest accreditation award by Accreditation Canada Diagnostics for all five lab sites for the second time in a row.
As of 8 a.m. on Monday, May 31, individuals turning 80 and over in 2021 will be eligible to book an earlier second-dose appointment at Niagara Health’s Seymour-Hannah arena clinic as well as other clinics or pharmacies in our region.
