For the second time in a week, St Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) has declared an outbreak on one of its floors. On Thursday, the hospital declared there was an outbreak in its fifth floor medicine unit involving several patients.
The hospital says that two patients were sharing a room when one was discharged after testing negative. The patient then readmitted and retested with positive results. “This is an example of one of the challenges with diagnosing COVID-19,” Dr.
Peter Potts, Chief of Staff for St. Mary’s and Grand River Hospital, said. He explained that because the disease possesses a lengthy incubation period, it is not always easy to track. “Our clinicians have been re-testing patients where there is a progression of symptoms, or