Please be advised that visitation restrictions have been lifted at the Corner Brook Interfaith Home on the St. Luke’s Unit. A visitation ban had been in place due to an outbreak of stomach flu-like illness in that part of the facility.
Please be advised that visitation restrictions have been lifted at the Corner Brook Interfaith Home on the St. Luke’s Unit. A visitation ban had been in place due to an outbreak of stomach flu-like illness in that part of the facility.
Western Health would like to ask for the public’s co-operation during this temporary visitation ban.
Western Health would like to remind the public that a visitation ban is in place at Western Memorial Regional Hospital due to a number of patients in the hospital with flu like symptoms.
Limited exceptions for visitation may be made on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the nursing unit directly for instructions on how to proceed. Children under 14 years of age should not visit within the hospital during this ban.
Most of Western Memorial Regional Hospital’s Volunteer programs will be suspended on a temporary basis during this visitation ban. Please contact Residential Services Department of Western Health for more information.
To prevent the spread of infection in any institution in the Western Health Region we ask the public to follow these simple steps:
- Wash/Sanitize your hands when you enter or leave any of Western Health's facilities.
- There may be times when you are asked to follow special precautions or instructions where you visit i.e. wearing gloves, gowns, masks or washing hands.
Western Health would like to thank you for your cooperation in helping prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
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For more information,
Please contact:
Heidi Staeben-Simmons
Director of Communications,
Western Health 709-637-5252