Isolation room renovation on 2nd Floor at LMH - Isolation rooms are
important to hospitals to protect patients along with our staff and
visitors. The new isolation room has the ability to create both positive
and negative pressure. Positive pressure would be used to protect patients
with compromised immune systems from the any potential infectious elements such
as the common cold or flu that may present in the general air
supply. Negative pressure is used to isolate the patient from the rest of
the hospital in order to protect other patients, staff and visitors from
disease such as tuberculosis potentially carried by the isolated
patient. All air from a negative pressurized room is filtered and expelled
from the room. L. H. Gray/Gray Ridge Egg Farms provided a large donation
that enabled the creation of this space.
The construction project to create an isolation room also provided the LMH the
opportunity to develop 3 accessible washrooms on the inpatient floor. This
improves our ability to accommodate walkers and wheelchairs within the older
sections of the building. Trillium Mutual Insurance provided financial
support to improve accessibility within the LMH.
The LMH Foundation sincerely thanks both donors for making this a
reality!
PICTURE L-R, Bill Gray, President & CEO and Scott Brookshaw, Executive
Vice President, L.H. Gray & Son Limited.
