COVID-19 care clinic in Kitchener to close permanently | 24CA News
Grand River Hospital has introduced that the COVID-19 care clinic in Kitchener will probably be closing its doorways on Friday.
“Care for community members with COVID-19, cold and influenza-like symptoms will transition to family physicians, urgent care clinics, and community pharmacies,” a launch from the hospital learn.
The clinic, which is situated on Sportsworld Drive, first opened up final November and was meant to serve sufferers of all ages for evaluation of COVID-19, cold- and influenza-like signs.
It was additionally meant to offer a few of the providers which had been being run by space hospitals that had offered 250,000 visits to residents since 2020.
“This clinic supported community care providers and diverted patients away from hospitals to receive comprehensive COVID, cold and flu care as the pandemic continued and during a season of unprecedented numbers of pediatric respiratory virus patients,” GRH president Ron Gagnon acknowledged.
GRH says that the clinic is closing its doorways as temperatures heat up and the normal flu and chilly season ends.
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