Niagara Health News and Updates

Critical Care Capacity at Niagara Health

Posted Apr 20th, 2021

Lynn Guerriero, Niagara Health President and Interim CEO posted the following message on Twitter. Please share.

Thank you to our more than 700 volunteers

Posted Apr 20th, 2021

During National Volunteer Week – April 18 to 24 – we are sending a special thank you to our dedicated team of volunteers.

Update on Niagara Health COVID-19 activity and planning

Posted Apr 19th, 2021

Our teams are working extremely hard to do everything possible to minimize the impact on patient care at Niagara Health. But the unrelenting pressures on the healthcare system require we continue to adjust in order to build capacity for life-saving critical care for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

Open letter to Niagara

Posted Apr 16th, 2021

Niagara Health is experiencing unprecedented pressures and needs our community’s support to help protect capacity for life-saving critical care and other patient services. The situation is serious in Niagara, as it is across the province.

COVID-19 outbreak declared on the Sixth Floor at Niagara Health’s Welland Site

Posted Apr 15th, 2021

An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared on the sixth floor at Niagara Health’s Welland Site.

Advance care planning: An essential conversation for everyone

Posted Apr 15th, 2021

Tomorrow is National Advance Care Planning Day, and the palliative care team at Niagara Health is raising awareness about the importance of reflecting on and discussing decisions made at the end of life.

A community message from Lynn Guerriero, Niagara Health President and Interim CEO

Posted Apr 12th, 2021

In the strongest terms, Niagara Health urges people of all ages to continue following public health measures to minimize further increases in COVID-19 cases in our region and help us protect capacity for life-saving critical care and other services amid unprecedented pressures on the healthcare system.

Niagara Health ramping down, postponing some surgeries starting April 12

Posted Apr 9th, 2021

This comes in response to direction from Ontario Health.

Niagara to begin vaccinating frontline child care and education workers over April Break

Posted Apr 6th, 2021

Through guidance from Niagara’s Community Coordination Taskforce for COVID-19 Vaccination, child care, elementary and secondary school sectors have been prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination in Niagara region.