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KITCHENER A Kitchener man was able to return home on Wednesday after spending nearly three months in hospital with COVID-19 and other health complications. Larry Dietrich s family was waiting for him outside for a distanced welcome home celebration, Hospital staff play Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles whenever a COVID-19 patient is discharged. I was counting the hours, Dietrich said. His daughter, Alyssia Dietrich, said she was overwhelmed while wheeling him out. Happy tears instead of sad tears, Alyssia said. Dietrich tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 2. Since then, he s spent time at St. Mary s Hospital and Grand River Hospital s Freeport Campus.
People aged 80 and older will be able to receive their COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday at the region's first large COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the public. It's located on The Boardwalk in Waterloo.
Cambridge s Dr. Sharon Bal on role of family physicians in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Dr. Sharon Bal, a family physician in Cambridge and the primary care physician lead for Waterloo region s vaccine rollout task force, talks about the past year of helping patients who have questions about COVID-19 and what role she expects to have in the weeks and months to come.
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Posted: Mar 02, 2021 11:48 AM ET | Last Updated: March 2
Dr. Sharon Bal is a family physician in Cambridge and the primary care physician lead for the Region of Waterloo s vaccine rollout task force. (Zelia Bester/@SharonBalMD/Twitter)