Most patients at St. Boniface hospital will have to do without visitors indefinitely as it tries to get several COVID-19 outbreaks under control.
The hospital is suspending all visits, except for end-of-life or labouring patients.
It comes as the facility has put three separate wards into outbreak protocol since last Friday — with a total of 22 patients and nine staff coming down with the virus, and resulting in one of Manitoba’s 50 deaths.
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Scheduled appointments will continue during this time, with patients screened for symptoms and travel history.
Hospital leadership is asking family and friends to use their well-wishes program in the meantime.