Strained Kingston hospital asks sick people to skip holiday gatherings
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With a surge of patients with respiratory illnesses being cared for in its hallways, the Kingston Health Sciences Centre is reminding people to stay home if they're feeling sick to cut back the spread — even if it means missing that holiday party.
"Encourage people you may invite to a gathering that you're organizing that, if they're sick, they really shouldn't come," advised Dr. Gerald Evans, the Kingston, Ont., centre's medical director of infection, prevention and control.
"You can always get an opportunity, perhaps later in the holiday season, to meet up with them."
