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As Ambassador of Canada to South Sudan, Douglas Scott Proudfoot has had his share of challenges. But none of them prepared him for a recent experience with COVID-19.

The Smart phones, tablets and computers many of us use to connect with family and friends are also being used to deliver safe, confidential virtual care to Osler patients in the comfort of their homes.

After receiving a lung cancer diagnosis at 80, Jane Esodo and her family decided it would be best for her to move to a long-term care home to receive the support she needed.

There is much more to a hospital visit than meets the eye. When family members visit their loved ones, they are ‘there’, being present to receive updates, share information, provide personal care, and offer relationship and psychosocial support.

Angella Dacres is a Nurse Practitioner in the Neurology Unit, Inpatient Stroke Program at Osler. In her role, she works alongside neurologists to assess stroke patients and come up with an individualized care plan.

William Osler Health System has begun to safely resume some priority non-urgent services, following recent approval from Ontario Health Central Region.

Last week, Osler reached two milestones. First, performing more than 50,000 COVID-19 tests – the largest number of tests performed by any hospital in the province – and then, opening its newest COVID-19 Assessment Centre at South Fletcher’s Sportsplex in Brampton.

The virtual technologies that so many of us are using on our Smart phones and computers to connect with family and friends during the pandemic are also being put to good use at William Osler Health System to deliver safe, confidential patient care to people in their homes.

William Osler Health System is opening a COVID-19 assessment centre in Brampton – a drive-thru model – that will better serve the people of Brampton and the surrounding community with expanded options for COVID-19 assessment and testing.

The 52-year-old Bolton man spent 40 days in hospital fighting for his life after being diagnosed with COVID-19.