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    Ross Memorial Hospital continued to limit visitor access to the hospital and provided guidelines for visitors to follow.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 20 Jul 2020     Ross Memorial Hospital looks back at how the COVID-19 Assessment Centre model had changed since March. Although only 38 tests were completed in the first 3 days of opening on March 16, 2020, those wh

    Five creative solutions and new ways of working together emerged as a result of the unique situations health care providers and social agencies faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Jan 2022     As of January 7th, the hospital was reporting seven COVID-19 patients admitted. The latest surge in COVID-19 cases has also had an effect on staffing with approximately 15 positive cases and another

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 22 Nov 2021     Exceptions to vaccine requirements for visitors include parents/ guardians of patients under 18 years of age, visitors of patients near end of life, and birthing partners, among other exceptions.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 31 Dec 2021     The local health unit has joined the province in urging people who believe they might have COVID-19 simply to assume they have the virus and take necessary action instead of seeking out a confirmator

    The RMH COVID-19 Assessment Centre continues to experience extremely high call volumes. Thank you for your continued patience as our team works to respond to all appointment requests as quickly as po

    Ross Memorial Hospital launched a COVID-19 page on their website to share Hospital updates, address common questions, and links to credible information sources.

    Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported the first positive case of COVID-19 in the City of Kawartha. The woman in her 60s had returned from a recent trip to Germany.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 19 Mar 2020     A Ross Memorial Hospital press release stated confirmation of the second positive case of COVID-19 in the City, a woman in her 70s with a history of travel.

    Jamie Schmale, MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, toured the COVID-19 Assessment and Testing Centre at the Lindsay Fairgrounds.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Mar 2020     Anne Overhoff, vice-president of patient care and chief nursing officer at Ross Memorial Hospital, explained the adjustments staff at the hospital have made, but are well-prepared thanks to previous

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 31 Mar 2020     Lindsay’s Ross Memorial Hospital continued to take steps to ensure the safety of its patients, team and community remained a top priority. To this end the hospital established a dedicated unit to pro

    Fenelon Falls Brewing Co. donated $2.00 from the purchase of every case of 24 bottles from their Online Bottle Shop to Ross Memorial Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 19 Apr 2021     The Lindsay hospital postponed all elective and non-urgent surgeries requiring admission to help address extreme pressure on provincial critical care capacity.

McGinn, William, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 24 Sep 2020     click the image to read the article

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 26 Jan 2021     A third resident at Lindsay's Caressant Care McLaughlin Road Nursing Home lost their battle with COVID-19. The residence reported 22 positive cases among residents and 19 cases among staff.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 20210426     The Ross Memorial Hospital is currently caring for 11 Covid-19 positive patients transferred from the Scarborough Health Network. Two patients are in ICU while the other nine are in the Respiratory I

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 13 Jun 2020     Ross Memorial Hospital received $3.7 million funding boost from the province as part of the Ontario Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 16 Mar 2021     starting Thursday March 18, Ross Memorial Hospital, with the support of Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, will be operating a public COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Lindsay Exhi