Published September 17 2020. Norfolk General Hospital and the Brant Community Healthcare system will provide local COVID-19 care, but may transfer patients with the virus to one of the designated hospitals if necessary, reads the update. 119 of those new cases are in students. That's where the field hospital comes in. Try refreshing your browser. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. As of April 23rd, 2021 at 6:52 a.m. COVID … Try refreshing your browser. Plans for the pandemic response unit (PRU) were announced in March and construction quickly got underway. Joseph Brant Hospital has updated its number of infections. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Every patient on the unit, as well as staff and physicians, are being tested. Seventeen outbreaks are ongoing, including at Chartwell Willowgrove Long Term Care in Ancaster where 69 people have been infected. Messages of Hope . Health/Community Care Worker COVID-19 Mental Health Support. The President and CEO of Joseph Brant Hospital has a dire warning but also a message of hope. Here's a look at the COVID-19 situation in the surrounding area: Niagara has reported 1,904 cases of COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at an inpatient unit at Joseph Brant Hospital. Updates on COVID-19 (formerly Coronavirus) Online Screening Tool for Staff/Patients/Visitors . "It is our hope that transmission rates in our region will remain low," said Rob MacIsaac CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, and chair of the Regional CEO Committee for Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Norfolk Brant Burlington. A novel coronavirusoutbreak has been declared within two in-patient units at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington. Individuals with COVID-19 who are in Joseph Brant’s Pandemic Response Unit will be included in the confirmed COVID-19 hospital case count, but not in the occupancy rate. Her case was confirmed positive on March 13. The hospital spent more than $2 million building the facility in a matter of weeks, but it has yet to see its first patient. Info for Research Participants. Early-stage cancers will be missed. On Tuesday, there were 29 new cases from the previous 24 hours, up from 15 reported Monday. Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, west of Toronto, is building a temporary pandemic unit to accommodate patients who need treatment for COVID-19. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. As part of the strategy, Joseph Brant Hospital’s Pandemic Response Unit will be a regional resource to provide care for COVID-19 patients, should the need arise. 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