The Windsor Regional Hospital announced the five remaining COVID-19 patients from its field hospital at St. Clair College have been released.
The last of the patients have safely returned to the Heron Terrace long-term care home in east Windsor. David Musyj, the president and CEO of the WRH said he's pleased by the milestone. "We are extremely proud of the compassionate, extraordinary care our professional staff and employees provided to these residents and the contact with their families throughout several weeks of anxiety and uncertainty about COVID-19," Musyj said in a statement.
In April, the hospital teamed up with St. Clair College to increase healthcare capacity in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the announcement, the WRH transformed the college's Sportsplex into a 100-bed, in-patient facility staffed by hospital employees.
St. Clair College President, Patti France added that the college was eager to help out its community during the pandemic. "It has been our honour to have played host to this field hospital... Our involvement sprang from the remarkable, Windsor-Essex mindset that always arises in times of crisis."
While the facility is now paused for clinical care, it will remain available should there be a need for it. The hospital said they will continue to work with St. Clair and the Ministry of Health regarding the details of the ongoing availability of the facility.
