City of Hamilton transitioning seven retirement home residents to hospitals
Published April 4, 2020 at 9:16 pm
The city, working with Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, is transitioning seven retirement home residents to hospitals this afternoon.
The city, working with Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, is transitioning seven retirement home residents to hospitals this afternoon.
On Thursday, April 2, Hamilton Public Health declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Cardinal Retirement Home located at 10 Herkimer Street after one of the residents tested positive for the virus.
“The facility is struggling with related staffing issues and PPE supply and has reached a point where steps need to be taken to transition some residents who are ill out of the home,” the city said.
The residents are being transported via ambulance today.
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