Waterloo region's three hospitals are preparing for the next wave of COVID-19, but they say the community needs to know health-care workers are exhausted and hospitals are nearly full to capacity, so people need to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
KITCHENER Officials with the Grand River Hospital have declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the mental health unit. In a news release, officials said three staff in the adult inpatient mental unit (1F) have tested positive for the disease. “Our staff has been doing an incredible job providing exceptional care throughout these challenging times,” Bonnie Camm, Executive Vice President of Clinical Services at Grand River Hospital, said in a news release. “This level of activity will be an ongoing reality for hospitals, as community transmission continues to rise. However, our stringent safety and surveillance protocols have allowed our infection prevention and control and employee health teams to quickly identify, monitor, and contain outbreaks, for the protection of patients and staff.”