National Nurses Week: Honouring nurses
Posted on May 10, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COMMUNITY, HEALTH
This display was created by community members in front of Lakeridge Health during the start of the pandemic as a way of supporting and saying thank you to frontline workers.
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges since it began in March 2020, including the impact it’s had on the healthcare system, and those frontline workers who have had to deal with the crisis day in and day out.
In honour of National Nurses Week, Colleen Wilkinson, Chief Nursing Executive for Lakeridge Health, is recognizing all the nurses and the hard work they do and have had to do, specifically throughout the pandemic.
Region lowers vaccine eligibility to to those 45 and older in hot spots
Posted on April 30, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, NEWS, REGION
Durham residents aged 45 and older in hot spot areas are now eligible to book an appointment to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
The province announced they are expanding bookings for vaccine appointments to individuals 45 and older in designated hot spot communities in 13 public health units, including Durham Region Public Health.
Appointments can be booked at designated community mass immunization clinics in hot spot postal code areas.
Further, the province announced child care workers and licensed child care settings are eligible to book their vaccination appointments as well. According to the region, child care workers will require a letter from their employer confirming eligibility.
COVID-19 vaccination clinic opening in Oshawa
Posted on February 24, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, HEALTH, NEWS
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Oshawa will be located at the Durham College and Ontario Tech University Campus Ice Centre.
COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be opening the first week of March in Durham Region, including one in Oshawa.
The clinics will be operating at Durham College (DC) and Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, and at Chestnut Hills Development Centre in Pickering.
Durham Region Health Department states these clinics will be used for priority populations in accordance with provincial guidelines. The clinics will not be open to the public at this time.
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New mobile COVID-19 testing clinic now available
Posted on February 10, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, HEALTH, NEWS Durham Region Transit (DRT) is making it a little easier to get a COVID-19 test.
DRT, in partnership with Region of Durham Paramedic Services (RDPS), have launched an innovative mobile testing clinic with a focus on health and safety in the community.
DRT General Manager Bill Holmes says he is “incredibly proud” to partner with RDPS.
“We are thankful to our paramedics for their continuous efforts throughout these unprecedented times, especially being out there in the community, day in and day out, providing assistance to those who need it most,” he says.