Hospitals in the Toronto area will continue to keep mask policies in place, despite the provincial mandate that has required them expiring this weekend. Others keeping mask policies in place include the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Trillium Health Partners, Sinai Health System, Women’s College Hospital, the Scarborough Health Network, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Michael Garron Hospital and North York General Hospital. “It also protects the system,” he said, noting universal masking by health-care workers, staff and visitors reduces the chance of transmitting COVID-19, helping prevent staff absences. Dr. Allan Grill, lead physician with the Markham Family Health Team, said masks will still be necessary at their clinic. “The vast majority of patients understand why we’re doing what we’re doing; it’s for their own safety,” Grill said.

Source: thestar June 10, 2022 06:00 UTC