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COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Almonte now offers direct access

Effective Tuesday May 26, 2020, the COVID-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) located behind the Almonte General Hospital will expand efforts to reach more people requiring COVID-19 testing.

A referral from Public Health or a Primary Care Provider is no longer required.  Residents of North Lanark, which includes Mississippi Mills, (Pakenham, Almonte and Ramsay), Carleton Place, Beckwith and Ashton, may now call the Assessment Centre directly to book an appointment for a COVID-19 test.

Who Can Be Tested? 

  • Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19
  • Anyone concerned about exposure to COVID-19
  • Anyone who may be at risk from exposure (e.g. essential workers – health care workers, grocery store employees, etc.)

People seeking a test must call 613-325-1208 and leave a message. A COVID-19 Assessment Centre nurse will call back to book an appointment.

Please note the Assessment Centre is still by appointment only and operates Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.

The Assessment Centre is located at the corner of Spring Street and State Street in the brick building behind Almonte General Hospital’s Emergency Department.

To discuss specific symptoms, please contact your Primary Care Provider, Leeds, Grenville, Lanark District Health Unit at 1-800-660-5853 ext. 2222 or Telehealth Ontario at toll-free 1-866-797-0000 or toll-free TTY at 1-866-797-0007.

Further information is available at www.ontario.ca/page/get-medical-advice-telehealth-ontario. You may also call your own primary care provider for advice and guidance.

For the latest updates on COVID-19, please visit the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit website at www.healthunit.org.  For the latest updates from AGH, please visit www.agh-fvm.com/coronavirus.

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AGH and CPDM – If you need care, we’re here for you

The Emergency Departments at Almonte General Hospital (AGH) and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) are open 24/7 and ready to care for patients with serious health concerns. We appreciate that members of our communities are taking the recommendations to stay home seriously, but it should not come at the cost of your health or safety.

“If you are in need of medical attention, please come to the Emergency Departments or call 911 right away,” notes Dr. Marcia Spooner, Chief of Emergency at CPDMH. “Our staff and medical staff are taking every necessary precaution to ensure everyone’s safety.”

Dr. Karen Turcotte, Chief of Emergency at AGH agrees. “In both hospitals we have unfortunately seen patients who were sicker than they might have been because they delayed coming to the Emergency Department.”

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At both hospitals, all patients coming to the Emergency Department are screened and provided with a mask upon arrival. At AGH, patients with COVID-19 symptoms are escorted directly to the room where they will be assessed. At CPDMH, patients with COVID-19 symptoms use a separate entrance through the ambulance bay.

Patients with COVID-19 symptoms can also access the COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Almonte through their primary care provider or by calling the Health Unit at 1-800-660-5853 ext. 2499 for a referral. The assessment centre is located behind the hospital in a separate building.  For more details, visit www.almontegeneral.com/assessmentcentre. 

For the latest updates about Coronavirus, please visit the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit website at www.healthunit.org.  For the latest updates on what we are doing to keep patients safe, please visit the our websites at www.almontegeneral.com/coronavirus and www.cpdmh.ca/coronavirus. 

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Hospitals thank Cavanagh Construction and Other Generous Donors

Cavanagh donating N95 Masks
Thank you to Cavanagh for their recent donation of N95 masks. Here, Mary Wilson Trider, President and CEO (far left), CPDMH staff members Alison White and Jean Brown, and Kimberley Harbord, Integrated Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (far right) accept the donations from Cavanagh Construction staff member Kendra Usher (beside Mary). Photo submitted.

Our Community Keeps on Giving!

The donations just keep coming – and we are very grateful. Over the past few weeks, our local communities have stepped up with donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other offers of support for the front-line workers at Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor, Lanark County Paramedic Service and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital. 

Yesterday, Cavanagh Construction donated 900 N95 masks to Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital.   “We had the masks in stock, and we know our local health care providers need them,” says Lori Cavanagh.  “We were happy to share our supply with local nursing homes as well as the hospital. They are the true heroes.”

“Thank you to Cavanagh and everyone who has made a donation,” notes Mary Wilson Trider, President and CEO. “Our communities have always been so supportive of health care close to home, and now that support is more important than ever.”

To support future donations, both hospitals have now set up COVID-19 donation pages on their websites. The pages provide details on donations of PPE, home-made items, as well as gifts of food for staff and physicians. Visit www.almontegeneral.com/COVID-19Donations and www.cpdmh.ca/COVID-19Donations for more information.

For the latest updates about Coronavirus, please visit the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit website at www.healthunit.org.  For the latest updates on what we are doing to keep patients safe, please visit the our websites at www.almontegeneral.com/coronavirus and www.cpdmh.ca/coronavirus.

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Community donations show love and support

Thank you for nourishing our souls

Our local communities care. And we are grateful to everyone who has offered support to the front-line workers at Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor, Lanark County Paramedic Service and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital.

Your donations of factory-made personal protective equipment (such as N95 masks, gowns and face shields) are helping to keep everyone safe. And your offers of food from local businesses and restaurants for busy health care workers are helping to nourish our souls. It’s a great expression of love and support!

In the interests of staff, physician and patient safety, we need to be sure that the donated food doesn’t create an opportunity to spread the germs we are all working so hard to keep out of the building. To ensure everyone’s safety and to avoid large gatherings of staff, gifts of food must be individually portioned and individually wrapped. For example, we cannot accept donations such as large pizzas or group platters where many people might touch the food while taking their own portion. Please provide disposable cutlery in sealed packaging if required. 

If you have any types of donations, please email Cindy Skebo at Almonte General Hospital at cskebo@agh-fvm.com or Angie Kelly at Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital at akelly@carletonplacehosp.com to make arrangements before delivery. 

The Hospital Foundations are also encouraging financial donations to show support for our front-line workers.  For more information, please visit https://almontehospitalfoundation.com or www.cpdmh.ca/foundation. Thank you for your support.

For the latest updates on COVID-19, please visit the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit website at www.healthunit.org.  For the latest updates from AGH, please visit www.agh-fvm.com/coronavirus.

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Fairview Manor, Almonte and Carleton Place Hospitals make changes to prevent spread of COVID-19

To help prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made some changes at Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital. We want to ensure the safety and well-being of patients, residents, staff and physicians.

Patient and resident visits are not permitted at this time. Exceptions may be made on compassionate grounds. In Almonte, obstetrical patients may bring one support person with them.

Everyone coming to the hospitals will be required to use the main entrances or the Emergency Department entrances (for emergencies and obstetrical patients). Mandatory screening will take place.

“We know that family members are an important part of the healthcare team,” noted Mary Wilson Trider, President & CEO “We look forward to welcoming visitors back as soon as possible.”

At Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor, family and friends can send virtual cards through our website at http://www.almontegeneral.com/ecards. At CPDMH, you can send an email to info@carletonplacehosp.com and it will be delivered to your loved one.
Pre-booked tests, clinics, rehabilitation and surgery will be reviewed on a regular basis. All patients will be notified if scheduled appointment change.

For the latest updates about Coronavirus, please visit the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit website at www.healthunit.org. For the latest updates on what we are doing to keep patients safe, please visit the our websites at www.almontegeneral.com/coronavirus and www.cpdmh.ca/coronavirus.

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Rheumatologist happy to be back for good

Dr. Kyle Walker
Dr. Kyle Walker. Photo submitted.

While completing his specialized training in rheumatology, Dr. Kyle Walker spent time in Carleton Place, learning alongside Dr. Brian Boate. Now, Dr. Walker is back, offering rheumatology clinics three days a week at both Almonte General Hospital and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital.

“I’m excited to be here and to follow in Dr. Boate’s footsteps,” says Dr. Walker. “Dr. Boate cared for this community for 35 years, developing a close relationship with his patients. Like him, I plan to be here for a long time too. I grew up in Stratford and like the small-town feel of these hospitals.”

Rheumatologists diagnose and treat musculoskeletal disease and autoimmune conditions such as lupus. A large part of Dr. Walker’s work centres around rheumatoid arthritis, where the goal is to keep the disease in remission. “Chronic diseases like this don’t go away and there is a real need to support these patients. We have an arsenal of tricks up our sleeves to help – much more than we did 20 years ago,” he says.

“It’s nice to have Dr. Walker back as part of our team at both hospitals,” notes Mary Wilson Trider, President and CEO. “He is a great fit for our friendly, small hospital environment and patients tell us they really like him.”

Dr. Walker went to medical school in Ireland and completed his internal medicine and rheumatology specialty training at the University of Ottawa.

The clinics runs on Tuesday in Almonte and on Wednesday and Thursday in Carleton Place. A referral from a family doctor or other specialist is required.

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