Posted: Feb 02, 2021 9:01 PM AT | Last Updated: February 4
The hospice officially opened on Sept. 14, 2020. Residents and staff were forced to leave when water flooded several rooms in December. (Brian MacKay/CBC)
Rooms will begin reopening next month at Valley Hospice in Kentville, N.S., following a recent flood at the site.
Health Minister Leo Glavine said Thursday that remediation work at the hospice is ongoing and five of the 10 rooms were not damaged.
Five rooms will reopen in March, with the other five slated to be available again in early April.
At the time of the flood in December, Nova Scotia Health said six residents at the hospice were taken safely to the neighbouring Valley Regional Hospital where they would receive care until the hospice reopens.
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state is trending downward, giving hospital staff some relief after seeing record patient numbers during the winter holidays.
After peaking at 322 adults hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide on Jan. 2, there were approximately 254 people hospitalized with the novel coronavirus as of Jan. 19. That’s still nearly twice the number of concurrent hospitalized patients that New Hampshire facilities saw in April and May during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Scroll down or click here for more details on the changes in COVID-19 hospitalizations in facilities across the state.)
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Green Valley News, Green Valley-Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce and Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital hosted a virtual Health Care Town Hall on Thursday. To watch a recording of 50-minute event, go to gvnews.com and look for a link in this story. Much of this below is from the Town Hall with some updated numbers.
On the call: Stephen Harris, CEO of Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital: Jennifers Biggs, chief nursing officer, SCVRG; Dr. Abel Alvarez, director of pharmacy, SCVRH; and Debbie Kenyon, president of Green Valley Council. Moderators are Chamber CEO Randy Graf and
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COVID-19: More cases found at Sullivan County, Hanover nursing homes
Modified: 1/12/2021 9:56:45 PM
UNITY COVID-19 cases at senior living facilities in the Upper Valley continue to climb.
An outbreak at Sullivan County Health Care in Unity has grown to include 20 people, according to Ted Purdy, the nursing home’s administrator. Since Jan. 5, 11 residents and nine workers have tested positive for the virus, Purdy said in an email. Additional testing of both residents and workers took place on Tuesday, he said.
Residents’ symptoms have ranged from none to coughs, nausea and elevated temperatures, Purdy said.
Four employees of Kendal at Hanover have recently tested positive for the virus, spokesman Jeff Roosevelt said in an email. Two Kendal employees also tested positive in September. So far, no residents at the facility off Lyme Road have tested positive, Roosevelt said.
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