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Dr. Mahin Baqi, an Infectious Diseases Specialist with William Osler Health System

Preparing for the next wave of COVID-19

Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:00 AM

What we’ve learned and what you can do

Dr. Mahin Baqi, an Infectious Diseases Specialist with William Osler Health System, answers some frequently heard questions and offers advice to help you stay healthy over the coming months.

As we enter a second wave of COVID-19 what have we learned from the first wave that can help us this time around?

We know a lot more about COVID-19 now than we did in March. For example, we now know that people with mild to moderate disease are most infectious in the 48-hours...

A paramedic kneels down to speak with a patient sitting on a chair

Are you Fit2Sit?

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00 AM

Fit2Sit is a joint program between Peel Regional Paramedic Services and William Osler Health System through which patients arriving at Brampton Civic Hospital by ambulance will sit in a waiting room chair upon their arrival, if they are well enough to do so.

By being Fit2Sit, you’re helping to:

  • free up stretchers for others in need
  • allow paramedics to return to the community faster to continue providing emergency care

Brampton Civic staff will monitor each patient who is Fit2Sit while they wait to...

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Police and health care partners launch new protocol to help people in crisis

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:00 AM

A new protocol developed by local police and health care partners will launch today to benefit patients and positively impact the delivery of services by the partner organizations.

The Peel Region Police-Hospital Transfer Protocol is an agreement between William Osler Health System (Osler), Peel Regional Police, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Peel Dufferin Branch, and Ontario Provincial Police Caledon Detachment. The agreement outlines the steps each organization...

South Fletcher's Drive-thru Testing Centre

Osler launches phone and online appointment bookings for COVID-19 tests

Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2020 12:00 AM

William Osler Health System (Osler) is now offering phone and online appointment bookings for anyone who wants to receive a COVID-19 test at its COVID-19 Testing Centres in Brampton and Etobicoke. Starting today, Thursday, October 8 at 8:00 a.m., people will be able to book appointments online through the hospital’s website and by phone through a dedicated line.

Osler began COVID-19 testing by appointment earlier this week, after the Ontario Government directed all Testing Centres to adopt this new...

South Fletcher's Drive-thru Testing Centre

Osler’s Brampton COVID-19 Testing Centre slated for temporary one-day closure for maintenance and winterization

Posted on Monday, October 05, 2020 12:00 AM

William Osler Health System (Osler), which operates the COVID-19 Testing Centre located at South Fletcher’s Sportsplex in Brampton, is temporarily closing the Testing Centre for one day on Wednesday, October 7, to conduct essential maintenance and winterize the facility in preparation for colder weather.

The closure is separate from Osler’s transition to an automated appointment-booking process at the Centre, which began on Sunday, October 4, after the Ontario Government directed all Testing Centres...