Niagara Health celebrates National Pride Month
Today marks the first day of Niagara Health’s month-long Pride activities – a time for celebration and reflection.
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Niagara Health flies flags at half-mast to honour children found buried at former B.C. residential school
Our flags are lowered across all Niagara Health sites today to honour the 215 children whose remains were recently found buried at the site of a former residential school near Kamloops, B.C.
Niagara Health prepared to respond to accelerated second doses of COVID-19 vaccine
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.
Niagara Health’s Essential Care Partner Program Reaches 1,600 Participants
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 vaccination appointments available from June 2 to 12
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.
Surgeries, procedures to gradually resume beginning Tuesday, May 25
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.
Niagara Health begins booking high-risk healthcare workers for second dose COVID-19 vaccination at a shortened interval
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.
Recognizing more than 2,100 nurses at Niagara Health
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.
Niagara Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic reaches milestone of 100,000 doses administered
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.
INSIDE THE ICU: ‘This is unlike anything I have ever seen'
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.
Extraordinary Caring. Every Person. Every Time.
