柯文彬省議員辦公室關於恆福護理院疫情防控資訊-1月15日更新

恆福護理院最新簡訊

今天院友與員工均無新增新冠肺炎確診病例，目前院友有(6)宗活躍病例，104位院友已康復，表明他們自實驗室檢測確診10日後不再出現新冠肺炎症狀。

目前90名員工已康復，48名員工已返回護理院工作。

如果連續14天院友和員工均無新增確診病例，即可宣布此長期護理院的新冠疫情已經結束。恆福護理院的疫情正逐步緩解。

昨天，再多(2)位院友死於新冠肺炎。我們謹向因這種毀滅性病毒而痛失親人的家庭致以深切慰問。

新冠疫情在長期護理院和敬老院爆發，一個嚴酷的現實是即使在院內感染預防和控制顯著加強、臨床護理水平明顯提高的的情形下，仍有一些院友因新冠病毒而死亡。

在12月的第三周和第四周，新冠疫情在恆福護理院大面積蔓延，大多數院友都接觸到病毒。正如北約克全科醫院感染預防和控制醫學總監Kevin Katz醫生所述，即使在接管當日就採取更多有效措施的最佳情況下，預計在實施強化防控措施後近兩週，病例仍會增加。

在弱勢群體及老年人中，一些人得以治愈並康復，而儘管醫護人員奮力救治，部分院友還是出現並發症而不幸病逝。

如需獲得更多資訊，請聯繫：

企業傳播與公共事務部

北約克全科醫院

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Update on Tendercare Living Centre long-term care home

Today, there were no new resident COVID-19 cases and no new staff cases at the long-term care home.  There are six (6) active resident cases in the home and 104 resolved cases, indicating that it has been 10 days since their lab test confirming COVID-19 and the resident is no longer showing COVID-19 symptoms.

Today, 90 staff have resolved cases, and we welcomed back 48 staff who returned to work at the home.

A COVID-19 outbreak is declared over in a long-term care home when there are no new cases for residents and staff in 14 days.  Tendercare long-term care home is moving steadily toward resolving the outbreak. 

In the last day, two (2) residents have passed away from COVID-19-related causes.  Our deep condolences go out to the families who have lost loved ones to this devastating disease.

A difficult reality of COVID outbreaks in long-term care and retirement homes is that some residents die from the virus despite very significant improvements in infection prevention and control practices and high levels of clinical care.

The majority of Tendercare residents were exposed to the virus when there was widespread transmission at Tendercare during the third and fourth week in December.  As explained by Dr. Kevin Katz, Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control at North York General Hospital, even in the best-case scenario where additional effective measures were put in place on day one, additional cases are expected for nearly two weeks from when these enhanced infection and control measures were implemented.

In certain vulnerable and elderly populations, some individuals will resolve their infection and recover while others will develop complications and pass away despite health professionals’ best efforts.

For more information contact:

Corporate Communications and Public Affairs

North York General Hospital

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