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Peel Region hospitals looking for more doctors for temporary pandemic support
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 24, 2020 at 9:40 pm EDT
Trillium Health Partners sign outside Mississauga hospital. CITYNEWS
A network of hospitals in Ontario’s Peel Region is looking to temporarily hire doctors for “pandemic support.”
Trillium Health Partners has three hospitals in its network.
A jobs posting issued Wednesday says they are looking for general internists to support the network’s “temporary pandemic needs across our sites.”
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre serve more than a million residents in Peel Region and Toronto’s west end.
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Videojournalist Mike Walker A registered nurse at a Mississauga long-term care home is the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Peel Region. “This milestone moment marks a welcome and positive turning point for long-term care and I am proud to have rolled up my sleeve not only for my health, but also for our residents, family and friends,” said Bella Rego, a registered nurse at Camilla Care Community long-term care home. Rego said she has witnessed the devastating toll COVID-19 has taken on her residents and colleagues during the first wave. She also tested positive for the virus in April and was home isolating for a month before she was cleared to return to work.
In a statement on Monday, Mayor Bonnie Crombie said she approves of the province’s decision to move all of Ontario into lockdown starting on Saturday, December 26.
“This was an extremely difficult decision to make and I firmly believe this is the right course of action at this critical moment,” Crombie said.
“The reality is that the situation at our hospitals remains dire. Our COVID-19 daily numbers may be plateauing, but our hospitals are overburdened with COVID patients,” she added, mentioning that Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga has started cancelling elective surgeries and is continuing to transfer patients to neighbouring regions to make room for a surge in COVID-19 cases. “Now is the time to take action.”