IN IT TOGETHER: ‘People have pulled together and are willing to help 24/7’
Meet Dr. Karim Ali, the pandemic/emergency preparedness physician lead for Niagara Health.
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Meet Dr. Karim Ali, the pandemic/emergency preparedness physician lead for Niagara Health.
'What they do, it takes a level of courage, a level of strength that is just heroic. These are heroes.'
During National Volunteer Week – April 19 to 25 – we are sending a special virtual thank you to Niagara Health`s more than 850 volunteers. As part of our COVID-19 response, there are currently no volunteers at NH.
Our Infection Prevention and Control Team declared the outbreak over after 14 days of enhanced monitoring of patients and staff showed there had been no evidence of further transmission and no new additional COVID-19 cases on the unit.
Niagara Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 on inpatient Unit 2A at the St. Catharines Site after a patient tested positive for the virus.
Niagara Health (NH) is providing reinforcements in a number of ways to help protect our most vulnerable citizens from the spread of COVID-19 and support those working in long-term care and retirement homes in our region to safely manage positive cases of the virus in their facilities.
St. Joseph’s Health System and Niagara Health are taking the vital step in testing all asymptomatic patients, residents and select staff within its long-term care, retirement home and congregate settings as part of a pilot surveillance project.
PETS is a newly-established humanitarian companion animal shelter program in support of an expected influx of hospitalized pet owners during the COVID-19 pandemic in Niagara Region.
Our Infection Prevention & Control and Occupational Health & Safety teams, in partnership with Niagara Region Public Health, will monitor the situation closely and adjust our measures as required to ensure everyone’s safety.
Niagara Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 on an inpatient unit at the St. Catharines Site after one of our healthcare workers tested positive for the virus.