KITCHENER A Cambridge woman s surgery to repair nerve damage from cancer treatments was delayed due to a backlog amid the COVID-19 pandemic. My day-to-day life right now is very hard, Sarah Hunt said. I don t sleep well and I don t have a lot of use of my hand. Hunt was supposed to have a long-awaited surgery this week at Toronto General Hospital, but it was postponed. On April 21st, they called and said that it was cancelled indefinitely due to COVID and that they couldn t give me any updated on when it would be rebooked, she said. The Financial Accountability Office projects there will be 419,200 delayed procedures by the end of September.
Cambridge Memorial will give three-layer masks to all visitors for better protection inside its hospital.
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Posted: Dec 30, 2020 8:04 AM ET | Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Outpatients or care partners that visit Cambridge Memorial Hospital will be given a three-layer mask each time they enter the hospital. (Submitted by Cambridge Memorial Hospital ) comments
Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) has updated its mask policy for visitors.
Starting Tuesday, people won t be able to wear personal cloth or medical masks inside the hospital. Instead, CMH said in a news release that any outpatients or care partners who visit will be given a three-layer mask each time they enter the hospital.