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A COVID-19 outbreak declared on Sydenham 3, a resident home area at Providence Manor, is now over. The outbreak was originally declared on Monday, Jul. 18, 2022, after four residents tested positive for the virus. According to a release from Providence Care, all Sydenham 3 residents were placed on contact and
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A COVID-19 outbreak, declared on Parkside 2 Pods A, B, and C of Providence Care Hospital, is now over. The outbreak was initially declared on Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2022, after four patients tested positive for the virus in Pods A and B. According to a release from Providence Care, Parkside 2 patients
Read more Providence Care has officially declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Sydenham 3 ward of Providence Manor, the organization’s long-term care home in downtown Kingston. The outbreak was declared on Monday, Jul. 18, 2022, after four residents of the Sydenham 3 resident home area tested positive for the virus, according to
Read more Providence Care has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in two sections of an inpatient unit at its Providence Care Hospital after four patients tested positive for the virus. The sections, which Providence Care Hospital identified as Parkside 2 Pods A and B, two 10-bed sections of a larger 30-bed unit, are
Read more A COVID-19 outbreak, declared on Lakeview 2 Pod A of Providence Care Hospital, a 10-bed section of a larger 30-bed unit, is now over. The outbreak was initially declared on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2022, after four patients tested positive for the virus. According to a release from Providence Care, all Lakeview
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Due to the downward trend of COVID-19-related hospitalization in the area, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will decommission its pandemic alternate health facility (or ‘field hospital’) by Thursday, Jun. 30, 2022. According to a release from KHSC, provincial funding for certain large-scale pandemic management activities is coming to an end,
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Dale Kenney, a long-time hospital administrator and community builder was awarded the prestigious 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership by the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada (CHAC). The award was announced at the 59th national conference hosted jointly by St. Joseph’s Care Group and the Fort William First Nation
Read more A COVID-19 outbreak declared on Sydenham 3, a resident home area at Providence Manor, is now over. The outbreak was originally declared on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, after two residents tested positive for the virus. According to a release from Providence Care, all Sydenham 3 residents were placed on contact
Read more After two COVID-19 outbreaks were resolved at Providence Care facilities yesterday, a third outbreak has also been declared over by the health care organization. An outbreak of the virus, declared on Sydenham 4, a resident home area at Providence Manor, is now over, Providence Care stated. The outbreak was originally
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Two of four COVID-19 outbreaks declared by Providence Care since the beginning of April have now officially ended, according to the organization. The now-over outbreaks were on Montreal 4 at Providence Manor and Level 2 at Providence Transitional Care. According to a release from Providence Care, both outbreaks were declared
Read more An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Province Manor on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, after two residents tested positive for the virus. Sydenham 3, a resident home area at Providence Manor, is now under quarantine and all 25 residents have been placed on contact and aerosol precautions, according to
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Today, Monday, May 2, 2022, Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp announced over $37 million to add 105 hospital beds in Kingston, and $15.9 million in additional operating funds this year for Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Providence Care, and Lennox and Addington County General Hospital in Napanee. According to
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