Community Update – October 1, 2021
Situation Report
Friday, October 1, 2021
Vitalité Health Network is providing this situation report in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of the health care system. This report will be updated as needed, as the situation changes.
Service level
The Network monitors the development of the pandemic on a daily basis. We keep a close eye on our health care system. The Network’s goal is to maintain the most comprehensive level of service possible for the public.
Our priorities are to maintain the following essential services: emergency departments, urgent surgeries, intensive care, COVID-19 testing within 48 hours, vaccination of the population against COVID-19 and care of patients with COVID-19.
Temporary service reductions may be considered in the following areas: elective surgeries; non-urgent ambulatory care procedures, certain ambulatory chronic disease control and prevention services, non-urgent cases in emergency departments.
Measures currently in place:
- Campbellton Regional Hospital: temporary reduction of elective surgeries
- Edmundston Regional Hospital: temporary reduction of certain ambulatory care services
- Temporary conversion of concentrated care beds at the Tracadie Hospital to telemetry beds
Statistics
| Facility | Bed occupancy rate |
Number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized |
Number of health care workers removed from work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC | 115.4% | 1 | |
| Edmundston Regional Hospital | 82.5% |
10 (including 4 in intensive care) |
|
| Campbellton Regional Hospital | 121.8% | 1 (in intensive care) | |
| Chaleur Regional Hospital | 91.5% | 0 | |
| Vitalité Health Network | 12 | 21 |
(As of October 1, 2021)
Data from other Network hospitals will be published in a future update
Guidelines for visitors
New guidelines for visitors are now in force. Only people who have been fully vaccinated for at least 14 days can visit patients in the hospital. This requirement does not apply to designated support persons (DSP) and accompanying persons. For more information.
Testing Centres
The Network has 12 COVID-19 testing centres in its territory. Anyone who thinks that they may have been exposed to the virus should not hesitate to get tested, even if they have no symptoms. Booking an appointment is easy: simply register by completing the government’s online form or call Tele-Care 811.
Our testing centres are receiving a higher number of requests than usual. In some regions, it may take longer to get an appointment. Urgent requests are prioritized and booked within 24 to 48 hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding during these busy times.
Vaccination rates of health care workers
The Network presents the vaccination rates of its health care workers. The work continues with all our employees and our physicians to increase vaccination rates and slow the spread of COVID-19 in New Brunswick.
Since vaccination rates of health care workers fluctuate over time, data sources are difficult to access and due to current limitations of our systems, numbers may vary. We are always working on improving our data collection systems to be able to produce increasingly accurate statistics in a timely manner.
Numbers dating back to a few weeks or from different sources have recently been made public. The Network apologizes for any confusion that this situation might have caused.
Network Overview
|
Fully vaccinated rate (2 doses) |
79% | Vaccination rate for the first dose | 83% |
Percentage of fully vaccinated health care workers by facility
| Beauséjour Zone (region 1) | Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC | 80% |
| Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital | 81% | |
| Nord-Ouest Zone (region 4) | Edmundston Regional Hospital | 83% |
| Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin | 61% | |
| Grand Falls General Hospital | 69% | |
| Restigouche Zone (region 5) | Campbellton Regional Hospital | 74% |
| Restigouche Hospital Centre | 69% | |
| Acadie-Bathurst Zone (region 6) | Chaleur Regional Hospital | 80% |
| Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital | 85% | |
| Tracadie Hospital | 84% | |
| Lamèque Hospital and Community Health Centre | 86% |
(As of September 28, 2021)
Visits prohibited on certain units
Due to potential exposures to the COVID-19 virus, visits are currently prohibited as follows:
- Community Reintegration Unit (B-2) at Restigouche Hospital Centre;
Immunization status of health care workers
The Network is aware that more and more patients would like to know about the immunization status of the health care worker providing them with health care or services. This is confidential information that health care workers and the Network are unable to disclose.
However, we can assure you that, in accordance with the directives currently issued by Public Health, Network health care workers who are not vaccinated will have to be tested three times a week. In addition, compliance with sanitary measures and the wearing of personal protective equipment is at 100%.
Rest assured that we are making every effort to ensure the safety of patients and our staff while respecting the rights and freedoms of each of our health care workers.
Please visit www.vitalitenb.ca and follow us on our social media platform for current information.
Thank you for your cooperation while we protect the safety of our patients, clients, employees and communities.
