Area Hospitals Taking Precaution Over H1N1

With swine-flu now the hot topic in the news, Hospital emergency rooms across the Region continue to see a sharp rise in patient visits, prompting officials to take action.
Staff are asking the public to not visit Hospital ER’s.
If you have flu-like symptoms, you are urged to please stay at home, unless it’s a severe case.
There are some exceptions, but visitors will be screened and will be required to wear masks.
Exceptions include:
-Members of immediate family of critically ill and palliative care patients.
-Parents/Guardians of an admitted child
-Visitors to a patient whose death is imminent
-Attendance of a partner at the delivery of a child.
In Sioux Lookout, if you have to visit the Hospital, access will be limited to one entrance at each site.
Staff movement between sites is now restricted and all staff and physicians must be immunized with the H1N1 vaccine.
Officials say they have 1-confirmed case of the H1N1 virus to date.
Dryden officials are reporting no confirmed cases and note staff and volunteers will get their H1N1 shot starting Thursday.