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Vaccination update from the Kids Come First Health Team

The information below is from May 10, 2021. For the latest updates on COVID-19 vaccination for children, youth and caregivers — including the new online self-identification questionnaire — please view our statement from May 20.

Ottawa, ON – May 10, 2021 – CHEO, Roger Neilson House and community physicians and partners – all member of the Kids Come First Health Team –  continue to support the rollout of vaccines for children and youth and two of their caregivers in our region.

As a...

Children’s Health Coalition Statement: "We can’t give up on our kids"

Toronto, May 07, 2021 – We can’t give up on our kids; they need to be at the forefront of the provincial lockdown re-opening plan. Schools – essential to the health, well-being and futures of all children and youth – should be the first doors to re-open and must open before non-essential businesses in regions with lower case counts.

Not returning our kids to in-person learning this year will mean that they will be out of school for five months before they...

CHEO appoints Dr. Samson as Chief of Staff for another 5 years

CHEO is excited to announce the reappointment of Dr. Lindy Samson to a second five year term as our Chief of Staff. Dr. Samson’s reappointment was approved by the CHEO Board of Directors on April 10. “Throughout her first term, Dr. Samson’s background as an infectious diseases specialist, along with her calm, strong and empathetic leadership have been invaluable to team CHEO and to the children, youth and families we serve,” says Daphne Fedoruk, Chair of CHEO’s Board of Directors. “The...

CHEO prepares to accept adults requiring critical care

Ottawa — April 13, 2021 — CHEO is readying intensive care beds and staffing as preparation for the potential transfer of adults requiring critical care.

Ottawa’s adult hospitals have already admitted record numbers of Covid-19 patients and admissions continue to climb. If patients need to be transferred out of those hospitals, it is preferable for them to be able to stay in Ottawa and not have to be transferred elsewhere in the province or country.

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Children’s Health Coalition Statement

TORONTO, April 6, 2021 – Schools are closing and more may shut down in-person learning because we haven’t been able to contain community transmission of coronavirus in Ontario. Collectively, we have failed our children.

We are calling on the government to recognize the hardship kids and families will face and do everything in their power to re-open schools where they have closed as soon as possible and save the school year.

As leaders in children’s health care, we believe that schools should be the...