KITCHENER, Ont. — The president of a hospital in Waterloo region says all three hospitals in the area are currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a concern about the facilities' ability to maintain services.
Lee Fairclough, president of St. Mary’s General Hospital, says her facility declared an outbreak on Sunday that has been linked to five patients and two staff.
Fairclough says she's concerned about the surge of COVID-19 in the community and the current outbreaks at all three of Waterloo region's hospitals.
She says the situation has the potential to affect bed capacity and the ability to maintain services such as scheduled surgeries and other procedures.
Waterloo public health officials declared an initial outbreak at the Grand River Hospital last month, and the hospital declared another outbreak on Monday.
An outbreak at the region's Cambridge Memorial Hospital was declared on Nov. 13.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 7, 2020.
This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Facebook and Canadian Press News Fellowship.
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