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

Two Kingston pharmacies now offering asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

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

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 that tested positive for COVID-19 are Personal Support Workers (PSWs). The first tested positive on Saturday, Nov. 14, and last worked on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. The second PSW tested

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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 Med+ Pharmacy at 277 Bath Road, and the Loyalist Pharmacy – Pharmasave at 200 Speers Boulevard. Original article: Kingstonians who do not have any symptoms of COVID-19, but require testing

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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, create minimum standards of care, and provide additional support in responding to violent and aggressive residents. The calls for change come as the Ontario Health Coalition is releasing a report