Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Visitor Restrictions Imposed at Kenora Hospital

2009-06-10

11:04:37

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Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora has restricted visits to the facility due to an respiratory illness spreading through the northwestern Ontario city

Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora is prohibiting visitors following an outbreak of a
respiratory illness in the community.

The hospital's head of patient care Leslie Brown says the hospital felt it necessary to impose the restrictions to limit reduce the risk of patients coming down with the illness.

Birchwood Terrace Nursing Home, also in Kenora, also closed its doors to visitors for similar reasons.