Visitors are not allowed with some exceptions for certain patients.
Non-urgent surgeries, ambulatory care appointments and professional service outpatient appointments are postponed until further notice.
All impacted patients and clients will be contacted.
The outbreak also impacts the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation and Veterans Health Unit.
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. The family of a teenager who died by suicide shortly after trying to get help in a hospital emergency room is welcoming promises to change the system. Health Minister Dorothy Shepherd says the provincial government will act on 21 recommendations to improve mental health care in the ER. Recent tragic losses of young New Brunswickers certainly emphasize the need to focus efforts to improve crisis care in our hospitals, says Shepherd. In February, 16-year-old Lexi Daken went to Fredericton s Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital to see a psychiatrist. Daken waited eight hours in the hospital s emergency department but wasn t able to see any mental health professional. Daken died by suicide six days later.
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) has appointed
Jo Anne Thomson, MN, RN-BC, CPXP, as vice president of patient experience.
Thomson comes to UM UCH after 21 years at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center in Easton, also a University of Maryland Medical System hospital. For the past six years she served as director of patient experience, where she expanded the role to include strategic direction, leadership and regional oversight for improving the patient experience.
She implemented a comprehensive service excellence approach called HEART that focused on several areas including team building and supporting and sustaining a culture of caring and accountability. Thomson also led “best practice” initiatives such as rounding, bedside shift report, employee recognition, service recovery and discharge. In addition, she leveraged technology to support and enhance patient experience in such areas as interpretative services and connecting patients and familie
Suffering from a mental illness, a N B man was released from hospital hours after his home burned His family wants to know why atlantic.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from atlantic.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HALIFAX New Brunswick Public Health reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. There are six new cases in Zone 4 (the Edmundston region), two in Zone 1 (the Moncton region) and one in Zone 2 (the Saint John region.) Of the six cases in Zone 4, four are contacts of a previously confirmed case and two are under investigation. Three of the cases involve people younger than 19 and there is a confirmed case at Garderie Mélubulles, a child-care facility in Edmundston.
REVISED CASE COUNT Public Health said in a news release on Friday that it is revising the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in New Brunswick.