London Health Sciences Centre will continue to enforce its vaccination policies beyond the end of the month, even as the province moves to loosen COVID-19-related measures, including dropping its vaccine passport system.Last October, the hospital network implemented a mandate requiring all staff to get two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and for all non-essential care partners to show proof of vaccination.
Internationally-educated nurse shares her journey at London Health Sciences Centre Dr. Adam Dukelow, chief medical officer at LHSC, confirmed Tuesday that those policies will remain in effect.“Given the populations that frequent our hospital, we are a more high-risk setting than other places, such as a shopping mall or restaurant.
And therefore, I believe this extra layer of protection is necessary within our facilities,” he said during a scheduled COVID-19 briefing.“We currently have four units which are on outbreak, one of which was just declared (Monday).
But we do everything we can to control, mitigate and prevent outbreaks from happening. This is an important reminder that while we may be seeing restrictions loosening in our community, COVID-19 is certainly not over in the hospitals.”As of Feb.