December 31, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of temporary changes to services, effective January 4, 2022. Eastern Health will focus on urgent and emergent acute services at health-care sites within the city, including the Health Sciences Centre, St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, and the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre. These changes will enable resources to be redeployed to assist with the COVID-19 public health response, e.g.: administration of COVID-19 booster vaccines and COVID-19 swab clinics. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Provides Update on Services”

December 31, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence have been revised to be temporarily diverted to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre. LEARN MORE “Update to Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 30, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that temporary expanded visitor restrictions are now in place at facilities and sites across the region, as per updated provincial guidelines. Effective immediately, all in-person visits to inpatients in a hospital setting and residents of long-term care homes, personal care homes, community care homes and assisted living facilities are suspended until further notice and the general public are asked not to visit any patients or residents during this time. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Expands Visitor Restrictions”

December 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that visitation is temporarily suspended on 5 South B at the Health Sciences Centre.

Occupational Health is conducting contact tracing for all employees and contact tracing for inpatients has been completed by Infection Prevention and Control. LEARN MORE “Visitor Restrictions in Place on Unit at Health Sciences Centre”

December 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are in place at the at Agnes Pratt Home and Caribou Memorial Veteran’s Pavilion in St. John’s due to a possible exposure to COVID-19. This is a temporary measure while the investigation is ongoing. Immediate family members should contact Agnes Pratt Home directly at 709-752-8950 or Caribou Memorial Veteran’s Pavilion at 709-777-6555 for further information. LEARN MORE “Visitor Restrictions in Place at Agnes Pratt Home and Caribou Memorial Veteran’s Pavilion”

December 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are in place at the at Saint Luke’s Homes and St. Patrick’s Mercy Home in St. John’s due to a possible exposure to COVID-19. This is a temporary measure while the investigation is ongoing. Immediate family members should contact Saint Luke’s Homes directly at 709-752-8900 or St. Patrick’s Mercy Home at 709-726-2687 for further information. LEARN MORE “Visitor Restrictions in Place at Saint Luke’s Homes and St. Patrick’s Mercy Home”

December 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence have been revised to be temporarily diverted today to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre from 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2021 to 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2021. LEARN MORE “Update to Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are in place on two units at the Agnes Pratt Home in St. John’s. Immediate family members should contact the site directly at 709-752-8950 for further information. Please see details below. LEARN MORE “Visitor Restrictions in Place on Units at Agnes Pratt Home”

December 27, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence have been revised to be temporarily diverted today to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre from 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 27, 2021 to 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2021. LEARN MORE “Update to Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 26, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence have been revised to be temporarily diverted to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre. LEARN MORE “Update to Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 26, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that visitation is temporarily suspended on unit 2 South at Caribou Memorial Veterans Pavilion.

Occupational Health has conducted contact tracing for all employees. All staff have been working in full protective personal equipment and there have been no staffing restrictions. Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) has advised there is no known impact to residents at this time. All residents on the unit have been put on isolation and have been tested. LEARN MORE “Visitor Restrictions in Place on Unit at Caribou Memorial Veterans Pavilion”

December 25, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence have been revised to be temporarily diverted today to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre from 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 25, 2021 to 7:30 a.m. Sunday, December 26, 2021. LEARN MORE “Update to Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 24, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public that overnight emergency services at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence will be temporarily diverted to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre as follows: LEARN MORE “Temporary Overnight Diversion of Emergency Services at U.S. Memorial Health Centre”

December 24, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of temporary changes to outpatient laboratory services (e.g. blood collection) for December 29, 30 and 31, 2021. These changes will enable resources to be redeployed to assist with PCR testing for Covid-19. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Provides Update on Outpatient Laboratory Services”

December 23, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that temporary visitor restrictions are now in place at facilities and sites across the region, as per updated provincial guidelines. Effective immediately, two designated visitors and one support person (if required) are permitted for inpatients in a hospital setting and residents of long-term care homes, personal care homes, community care homes and assisted living facilities. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Implements Visitor Restrictions”

December 22, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that regular hours for some services and walk-in clinics may change due to statutory holidays between December 25, 2021, and January 2, 2022. LEARN MORE “Holiday Hours for Some Eastern Health Clinics and Services”

December 20, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health reminds employees, former employees and the public that notifications regarding the breach of privacy and information can be found on Eastern Health’s IT Systems Outage webpage at www.easternhealth.ca/it-systems-outage. LEARN MORE “Updates to Eastern Health Notifications Regarding Privacy Breach Available on Website  “

December 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the ongoing investigation into the cyber-attack that impacted health-care information technology (IT) systems across the province has determined that some additional personal information and personal health information was impacted. The updated information regarding the breach related to Eastern Health patients, as well as current and former employees, physicians and locums is as follows: LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Provides Update Regarding Breach of Privacy and Information “

December 9, 2021 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes and cancellations due to adverse weather: LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Affected By Adverse Weather”

December 2, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport team is asking the public to help pack the backs of ambulances with toys, food, and clothing to help families in need this Holiday Season. Gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to families throughout the region. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport Team’s Annual Pack the Back Toy, Food and Clothes Drive This Weekend “