Grandview, Man., hospital to reopen Monday after closing so staff could fight COVID-19 at care home
Hospital and emergency services at the Grandview Health Centre in western Manitoba will resume at 8 a.m. on Monday, Prairie Mountain Health says.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 4:32 PM CT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Emergency and acute care services will resume at Grandview Health Centre on Monday at 8 a.m., Prairie Mountain Health said in a news release Thursday.(Craig Chivers/CBC)
A western Manitoba community s hospital will reopen Monday, nearly a month after it closed as staff were pulled to fight a COVID-19 outbreak at a care home.
WINNIPEG The hospital in Grandview, Man. is set to reopen after closing nearly a month ago. Prairie Mountain Health said Grandview District Hospital will resume hospital and emergency services as of Monday, Dec. 21, at 8 a.m. The hospital closed temporarily on Nov. 26 in order for staff to help with a COVID-19 outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home. At the time, people in the community held a vehicle procession and rally to protest the closure after learning it would mean they would have to travel 50 to 100 kilometres in order to receive emergency services. Prairie Mountain Health said the situation at the care home has now stabilized which allows for the resumption of services.
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Dr. Brent Roussin, during the vaccine announcement on Wednesday. Ottawa approved one of two COVID-19 vaccines and enough doses for roughly 900 prioritized Manitobans will be headed this way as early as next week. (Winnipeg Free Press)
That’s according to Premier Brian Pallister and chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin at Wednesday’s daily COVID-19 update.
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