COVID-19 Update for General Practitioners at Calvary Cooinda
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15 February 2022
Dear General Practitioners,
COVID-19 Update for General Practitioners - Calvary Cooinda
I am pleased to inform you that no additional cases of COVID-19 have been detected amongst residents or staff at Calvary Cooinda in recent rounds of testing. In line with Public Health Unit advice, the initial exposure at Calvary Cooinda has been declared over.
The home has now reopened to visitors subject to some precautionary restrictions:
- Consistent with Calvary’s Position Statement on Visiting in Aged Care, there is now no limit to the number of visitors allowed per resident, per day.
- GPs and visitors will be required to complete screening requirements prior to entry and wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) whilst visiting. Calvary will provide any PPE needed.
- As a precaution to keeping residents safe, GPs and visitors will be required to have a rapid antigen test (RAT test) before entering the home.
Our staff will continue to closely monitor all residents for symptoms of COVID-19.
We thank you for working with us over these past weeks to ensure residents continue to receive the best medical care in this challenging environment.
Sincerely,
Sandeep Kandel
General Manager Aged Care
Continuing the Mission of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary
Founded in 1885 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Calvary is a charitable, not-for-profit, Catholic health care organisation.
Our mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care to the most vulnerable, including those reaching the end of their life.
With over 18,000 staff and volunteers, we have a national network of 14 Public and Private Hospitals, 72 Residential Care and Retirement Communities and 19 Community Care service centres.
