Six neighbourhoods may be behind hospital admissions spike in Mississauga ON
Chris Fox, CP24 Web Content Writer
Published Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:50PM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:19PM EDT
The number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Mississauga hospitals appears to be on the rise again ...
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie said during a briefing that the number of COVID patients is “significantly higher” than what the hospital system was seeing “just a few weeks ago” and has her “worried” about what lies ahead.
Trillium operates Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre.
“I've spoken with the leadership at Trillium Health Partners and they attribute the increase in hospitalizations to the lower vaccine uptake in six specific neighborhoods and I'm going to list them: Mississauga Valley, Applewood, Fairview, Sheridan, Rathburn and Erindale,” Crombie said. “I am urging all our residents and in particular, those who live in those six identified neighborhoods, to go out and get vaccinated as soon as possible. We need your help to protect Trillium Health Partners from a situation that we were in earlier this year where ICUs were overwhelmed and elective surgeries were being cancelled” ...
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