The Owen Sound Hockey Hub mass vaccination clinic will be changing locations this week.
Starting on April 29th, the clinic will change locations from the Bayshore Community Centre to the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre at 700 10th Street East, in Owen Sound. According to a release from Grey-Bruce Health's Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Ian Arra, the move to the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre will "alleviate congestion and subsequent delays experienced at the Bayshore clinic."
Dr. Arra also points out that the increased number of COVID-19 patient transfers from the larger metropolitan hospitals to the Grey Bruce Health Services area "also increases the likelihood of the field hospital located at the Bayshore coming into use. Relocating the vaccine clinics frees up operations for the field hospital."
The release also states that the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre facility is scalable in that it can contract or expand based on the amount of vaccine available and the number of appointments needed. Anyone currently booked to the Bayshore Community Centre should attend the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre instead starting on the 29th. Times of appointments have not changed. Notification of the location change has gone out by phone or email to those with appointments.