SHARE ON: The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Charles Gardner (Photo taken on Zoom)
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has announced pop-up vaccination clinics will be established in Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes and the Townships of Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay.
“I am aware of concerns raised regarding access to COVID-19 vaccination in the District of Muskoka, and a desire for vaccination clinics to be established in addition to the two present locations in Huntsville and Bracebridge,” SMDHU’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Charles Gardner said in a letter. “These clinic locations were chosen with careful consideration by a regional planning table of representatives from the area municipalities within the District of Muskoka, as well as representation from both the Cottage Country Family Health Team and Algonquin Family Health Teams, the Muskoka Algonquin Health Care, and from the Muskoka and Area Ontario Health Team.”
Mass vaccination clinics, smaller-scale community clinics and mobile clinics will be part of a regional distribution effort spread out across Huron and Perth…
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Mass vaccination clinics, smaller-scale community clinics and mobile clinics will be part of a regional distribution effort spread out across Huron and Perth counties once the province’s vaccine supply is more stable, public health officials say.
“Huron-Perth is a large geographic area with small populations distributed throughout,” Miriam Klassen, the region’s medical officer of health, said Thursday. “We are committed to providing vaccinations equitably across Huron-Perth for everyone who wants to be vaccinated and want to remove as many barriers as possible. Given these factors, the model that made the most sense was to bring vaccines to people instead of people to vaccines.”
Mitchell will likely be one of the hub locations as part of the Huron-Perth COVID-19 vaccine implementation plan overview, using a model of “bringing vaccines…
December 10, 2020 · 0 Comments
Written By ALYSSA PARKHILL
Local journalism initiative reporter
Exactly one year ago, the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative was announced one of Ontario’s first 24 health teams.
The team is made up of health care organizations and providers who dedicate their work to improving the overall well-being of residents in Dufferin-Caledon.
Together as a unit, they provide the community with “family and specialist physicians, housing and long-term care facilities, mental health and addictions providers, home and community care providers, the hospital as well as long list of other health and social service providers.”
Ontario Health Teams were introduced as a new model of care that brings healthcare providers to work as a team.