General Information
Coming to SHN
Across our health network, we continue to have some temporary measures in place to help protect the safety of patients, family members, and staff.
Screening at Entrances
Everyone entering the hospital will be asked to self-screen, clean hands, and take a hospital-approved mask provided at the entrance if visiting a patient care area.
Masks are required in all patient care areas:
- Inpatient units
- Outpatient units
- Emergency department
- Waiting rooms
- Registration areas
- Clinical support departments such as Diagnostic Imaging, etc.
Masks are optional in non-patient care areas:
- The lobby and other common areas
- Cafeterias
- Retail spaces such as Tim Hortons
- Meeting rooms
Thank you for your ongoing cooperation and support. You are helping to keep our patients, healthcare workers and community safe!
COVID-19 by the Numbers
COVID-19 Cases at SHN
Admitted patients with confirmed COVID-19 as of November 30 at 8 a.m.
Birchmount Hospital
12
Centenary Hospital
22
General Hospital
22
COVID-19 Outbreaks at SHN
COVID-19 Outbreak Information (as of October 15): Toronto Public Health, with SHN’s Infection Prevention and Control team, have determined that SHN is meeting the outbreak definition of two healthcare-associated cases of COVID-19 within 14 days. There is an outbreak on 1 unit: 3 MBW at our Centenary Hospital. Enhanced infection prevention and control measures are in place and we continue to monitor the situation closely.
Community Services & Resources
COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing and Treatments in the Community
COVID-19 vaccines continue are available through Toronto Public Health, the provincial government, or certain local pharmacies. For more information, please check out:
- Scarborough Ontario Health Team (SOHT)
- City of Toronto – COVID-19: Vaccines web page
- Toronto Public Health phone line – 416-338-7600
- Provincial booking system
- Provincial Vaccine Information Line – 1-833-943-3900
- Pharmacy vaccine locations
COVID-19 testing, assessments, and treatment are available through certain local pharmacies and the provincial government. To learn more, please:
- Scarborough Ontario Health Team (SOHT)
- Contact your pharmacy, or locate the nearest pharmacy that provides COVID-19 testing or rapid antigen test kits
- Contact your family doctor or nurse practitioner
- Call 811 or visit ontario.ca/health811Visit the provincial website at www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations to find your closest open assessment centre
Please note: For the most up-to-date process on accessing Paxlovid and remdesivir or patients in the community, please refer to Ontario Health’s COVID-19 Treatment website.
Paxlovid
Patients may be appropriate for Paxlovid, which is an oral antiviral medication for treating COVID-19 that can reduce the risk of mild or moderate COVID-19 infections from developing into severe infections that requires high-risk patients to be hospitalized.
Paxlovid is available through local pharmacies and may be prescribed by community prescribers (e.g. family physician, nurse practitioners, specialists).
Remdesivir
Patients with contraindications to Paxlovid or who have drug-drug interactions that prohibit Paxlovid administration may be eligible for remdesivir. This therapy is administered through an IV infusion over a three-day course.
Unity Health Toronto Providence Healthcare
Outpatient Post-Covid Condition Rehabilitation Program
Admitting Office: 1-416-285-3744
View Website
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
St. Johns Rehab Program
Post Covid-Rehab Program
1-416-226-6780 ext. 6949
View Website
University Health Network Toronto Rehab Institute
Covid Outpatient Services
*Only accepts referrals from UHN physicians and programs*
Admitting office: 1-416-597-3422 ext. 3305 or 3074
View Website
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Post Covid 19 NeuroRehabilitation Step-Up Program
*A physicians referral is required*
Referral Form
View Website
The Salvation Army – Toronto Grace Health Centre
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinic
Main Clinic: 1-416-925-2251 ext. 265
Referral Form
View Website
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare
Covid Recovery Program
*A nurse or physicians referral is required*
Referral Form
View Website
Cornerstone Physiotherapy
Video conferencing Long Covid program available anywhere in Ontario
View Website
Other Resources
- Scarborough Ontario Health Team (SOHT)
- Government of Ontario
- Toronto Public Health
- Public Health Ontario
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- World Health Organization
A Government of Canada information line (in English and French) is also open every day from 7 a.m. to midnight: 1-833-784-4397
Telehealth Ontario
1-866-797-0000
Toronto Public Health
416-338-7600
You can use the Government of Ontario’s self-assessment tool to help determine if you need to seek further care.
If you have taken a COVID-19 test, you can access and view your test results from the Ministry of Health online through a new user-friendly tool. This is maintained by Ontario Health on behalf of the Ministry.