Remember to Wear a Mask to Your Next Visit

As we continue to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important we all do our part to keep our community safe and healthy – and one way we can do that is through masking.

While masks are no longer required in all establishments, Pender Community Hospital & Medical Clinics still requires everyone to wear a mask while inside our facilities to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious illnesses. We ask that patients and visitors bring their own mask to wear as we are once again experiencing shortages of essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Masks are a proven strategy to reduce the spread of illness, along with other measures such as hand hygiene, physical distancing, covering coughs/sneezes, and vaccinations. For illnesses like COVID-19 that are spread through airborne droplets from your mouth and nose, a mask reduces the dispersion of these droplets—and as a result reduces the spread of infectious diseases.

Masks are a proven strategy to reduce the spread of illness, along with other measures such as hand hygiene, physical distancing, covering coughs/sneezes, and vaccinations. For illnesses like COVID-19 that are spread through airborne droplets from your mouth and nose, a mask reduces the dispersion of these droplets—and as a result reduces the spread of infectious diseases.

And while it’s important to take precautions in all settings, it’s especially essential in healthcare facilities where this is a higher risk of spread – both from people who are sick with these illnesses and to people who are more vulnerable to them because they are immunocompromised. By requiring masks in Pender Community Hospital & Medical Clinics, we are helping protect our patients and our staff to ensure the best and safest possible care. Masking, while it may seem inconvenient, is an easy yet effective way to protect those around you. So next time you arrive at Pender Community Hospital & Medical Clinics, please remember to mask up – it’s for the health of our community.