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Local St. Elizabeth Health Care staff members test positive for COVID-19

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments administrative staff, clients and patients, coronavirus, COVID-19, healthcare, healthcare workers, home care, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), managerial staff, pandemic, PSWs, self-isolation, St. Elizabeth Health Care, two positive cases

Update (Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.) According to St. Elizabeth Health Care (SE Health), the two staff members

Two Kingston pharmacies now offering asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

October 16, 2020November 27, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments asymptomatic testing, Bath Road, Christine Elliot, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Division Street, expanded testing, Kingston, Loyalist Pharmacy, Med+ Pharmacy, nurses, pandemic, Pharmasave, Premier Doug Ford, PSWs, Shoppers Drug Mart, Speers Boulevard, Strand Boulevard, testing at pharmacies

Update (Friday, Nov. 27, 2020): Two more pharmacies in Kingston and the area are now offering asymptomatic COVID-19 testing: The

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Kingston Health Coalition sounds alarm on long-term care worker crisis

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Tommy Vallier 1 Comment care for the elderly, healthcare, Kingston, kingston health coaltion, long term care, Matthew Gventer, Ministry of Health, ontario health coalition, PSW shortage, PSWs, Rideaucrest, United Food & Commercial Workers, United Steelworkers Union

The Kingston Health Coalition is raising the alarm alongside its provincial counterpart in asking the province to change funding levels,