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Ross Memorial Hospital Finalizing Plan To Bring Paxlovid Antiviral Treatment For COVID-19 To The Community

KAWARTHA LAKES-Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay is currently finalizing a plan for the COVID-19 Assessment Centre to allow community members access to Paxlovid, a recently Health Canada-approved antiviral drug that treats adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of progressing to serious disease, including hospitalization or death.

The hospital’s COVID-19 Assessment Centre, which provides COVID-19 testing and clinical assessments, will once again be operating out of the hospital starting on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

The COVID-19 Assessment Centre had been operating at the Victoria Park Armoury since January 11, 2022. 

Appointments are available on-site Monday-to-Friday, excluding statutory holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. COVID-19 tests are by appointment only. To book an appointment if you are eligible, please call (705)328-6217. Due to demand, there may be a delay in getting through or leaving a message. Please continue trying, and refrain from leaving multiple voicemail messages. You will receive a call back within 1-2 business days.

 In addition to testing, Ross Memorial’s COVID-19 Assessment Centre offers clinical assessments. Our on-site health care professionals can provide an assessment if your COVID-19 symptoms are getting worse, but are not severe enough to require an emergency department visit.

Individuals seeking a clinical assessment are asked to book an appointment through the same (705)328-6217 phone number.

 Ross Memorial Hospital has conducted more than 60,000 COVID-19 tests since it began conducting tests in March 2020.

 

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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