As a seasoned healthcare leader and front-line IPAC practitioner for more than 17 years, Marianita Lampitoc’s knowledge of infectious diseases of global significance has been tried and tested during SARS, H1N1, MERS-CoV, Ebola and now COVID-19 pandemic.
En tant que dirigeante chevronnée dans le secteur de la santé et praticienne de première ligne en prévention et en contrôle des infections depuis plus de 17 ans, Marianita Lampitoc est bien renseignée au sujet des maladies infectieuses de portée mondiale
Meet Dr. Karim Ali, the pandemic/emergency preparedness physician lead for Niagara Health.
Le Dr Karim Ali se souvient bien du courriel qu’il a reçu le 30 décembre de la Société internationale des maladies infectieuses informant les experts en maladies infectieuses du monde entier qu’il y avait une grappe de cas de pneumonie atypique à Wuhan, en Chine.
'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.
L’éclosion de COVID-19 dans l’unité d’hospitalisation 3A à l’emplacement de St. Catharines est déclarée terminée.
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.
