Update on COVID-19 outbreak at Oakwood Park Lodge
Niagara Health is continuing its work with Oakwood Park Lodge to protect residents and safely resolve the COVID outbreak at the Niagara Falls long-term care home.
Niagara Health is continuing its work with Oakwood Park Lodge to protect residents and safely resolve the COVID outbreak at the Niagara Falls long-term care home.
In a year that tested our team like never before, it has been impressive to see how our staff, physicians and volunteers across Niagara have gone above and beyond, working with our partners and the community, to provide safe, high-quality care and support one another during the pandemic.
Depuis le début de la pandémie, la sécurité de tous demeure la priorité absolue de Santé Niagara. Or, nos lignes directrices concernant les visites contribuent largement à la protection des patients et des membres de notre équipe.
Niagara Health’s most important priority during the pandemic is the safety of everyone in the hospital.
Three healthcare workers in the Intensive Care Unit have tested positive for COVID-19, meeting the definition of a unit-specific outbreak. This is the fifth inpatient unit outbreak of COVID-19 at the Niagara Falls hospital site.
The team in the Extended Care Unit has worked very hard to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus in the home and maintain a safe environment for the residents and staff.
We are closely monitoring COVID-19 activity at the Greater Niagara General Site and are now declaring an outbreak on Unit D due to the confirmation of four positive healthcare worker cases associated with the unit.
Our COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Niagara Falls will be open for COVID-19 testing on Christmas Day, while our testing centres in Welland and St. Catharines will be closed.
Our team members continue to aggressively plan so that we are prepared at the local level to begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine in Niagara.
Maintaining connections with others is always important for your mental health, but especially during a pandemic that has put limits on the amount of in-person contact people have with each another.