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COVID-19 Information for Our Patients & Visitors

We want to assure you that there is a dedicated team of professionals at our hospital who have the passion, expertise, and focus to care for our communities. Our goal is to care for the sick, keep our workforce healthy, and prevent the spread of COVID-19 across our hospitals. We are following the guidance from our local Public Health officials and directives from the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

 


Coming to Our Hospitals

The primary entry point is located at the Emergency Department entrance at both the Smiths Falls and GWM sites.

It is open 24 hours per day/7 days per week.

 

A second entry point for patients has been opened at the GWM site in Perth at the Main Entrance on Drummond Street. It is accessible Monday to Friday from 7 am to 4 pm.  Patients in Smiths Falls will continue to use the Emergency entrance. Please note that these are drop off and pick up areas only. For safety reasons, parking or extended waiting in a drop off/pick-up area is NOT permitted.

 

 

Visitors to PSFDH

On December 21st, the Premier announced that Ontario would enter a province wide shutdown effective December 26th in order to address escalating cases of COVID-19 in the community and increasing pressures on hospitals.  For the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit area, this shutdown will be in effect until Saturday, January 23rd, 2021.

 

PSFDH continues to carefully monitor the evolving situation and revise our policies as needed in a considered and measured manner that focuses on safety and quality of care. 

 

In light of the heightened provincial measures, PSFDH will only allow visitors to the hospital for essential reasons at this time. Any individual seeking to visit a patient in the hospital must contact the care area where the patient is located to determine if a visit may be approved. Contact information for the hospital may be found here. All visits must be approved and pre-booked and visitors must successfully pass screening upon entrance to the hospital.

 

There are also specific limitations of what items can be brought to the hospital. Further details may be found here.

 

PSFDH would like to thank the public for their ongoing patience, cooperation and support as we strive to keep our patients, staff and physicians safe.

 

 

Scheduled Surgery and Procedures

PSFDH is once again operating at normal activity levels for scheduled surgeries and procedures. However, hospitals must maintain the flexibility to ramp down if there is an upward trend in COVID-19 activity in their region.

What can you expect with the scheduling of your surgery or procedure?
  • You will be contacted directly by your primary care provider and/or the hospital to discuss your procedure’s booking at which time you will be pre-screened for COVID-19
  • You will be screened a second time when you enter the hospital through the Emergency Department Patient Entrance where you will be given a mask to wear and requested to wash your hands with hand sanitizer.
  • You are then directed to registration where you will present your Health Card.
  • You will be screened a third time while in the procedure’s waiting area.
  • Mandatory physical distancing precautions are in place and are to be respected at all times. Waiting areas have been reconfigured to support these measures.
Our hospital is taking every possible measure to ensure patient and staff safety. People are reminded that if you require

urgent/emergent care, please go to your nearest Emergency Department or call 911.

 

 

COVID-19 Assessment Centre 

The COVID-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) is operated by PSFDH staff and Primary Healthcare Providers from our community. Further details regarding the CAC may be found here. 

 

 

Keep Informed 

It is important you obtain up-to-date information from credible information sources. Helpful information is found at: