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April 3, 2019 - Officials at the Health Unit and Chartwell Glacier Ridge Retirement Residence, located at 1261 Jasper Drive, have declared an outbreak of a respiratory illness.
All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled until further notice. Visitors are…
April 9, 2019 - Officials at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Southbridge Pinewood Court located at 2625 Walsh Street East have declared a respiratory outbreak affecting the Kingfisher Unit only at this time.
Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled for…
April 12, 2019 - The outbreak of respiratory illness at Chartwell Thunder Bay Retirement Residence, Glacier Ridge, located at 1261 Jasper Drive, has been declared over. All restrictions have been lifted.
The Health Unit is urging people to stay at home and refrain from visiting hospitals, long-…
April 23, 2019 - Officials at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Southbridge Pinewood Court located at 2625 Walsh Street East have expanded their respiratory outbreak to facility-wide.
Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled until further notice. Visitors…
May 1, 2019 - The 7 public health units in northern Ontario will be working together on climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation reports over the next 2 years with funding support from Health Canada. Climate change is a threat to human health around the world. The changing environment…
May 3, 2019 - The outbreak of respiratory illness at Southbridge Pinewood Located at 2625 E. Walsh Street has been declared over. All restrictions have been lifted.
The Health Unit is urging people to stay at home and refrain from visiting hospitals and long-term care facilities when feeling…
June 14, 2019 - Officials at the Health Unit and Southbridge Pinewood have declared a facility wide gastrointestinal outbreak today at 11:30 am, located at 2625 E. Walsh Street.
Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled for this unit until further notice. Visitors…
June 25, 2019 - TBDHU is declaring an HIV outbreak that is centred in the homeless/under-housed population in the city of Thunder Bay. This is the same population that is disproportionately impacted by the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak.
The outbreak declaration comes after a recent spike of…
June 28, 2019 - The outbreak of respiratory illness at Bethammi Nursing Home - facility-wide, located at 63 Carrie Street, has been declared over today at 11 am. All restrictions have been lifted.
The Health Unit is urging people to stay at home and refrain from visiting hospitals, long-term care…
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If you require an accessible format of this PDF, please call TBDHU at (807) 625-5900.
August 19, 2019 - Officials at the Health Unit and Hogarth Riverview Manor – Iris resident home area – (4 North), located at 300 N. Lillie Street, have declared an outbreak of a respiratory illness this morning.
All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled until…
August 23, 2019 - The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in Hawkeye Lake. The MECP continues to investigate whether the blue-green algae identified is a toxin-producing strain. When blue-green algae is present in water, it is important…