The Davidson Centre in Kincardine is one of two Community Recovery Centres now set up and ready to go in Grey Bruce. A third location will be established if needed and the location will be determined based on local need.

Two Community Recovery Centres are now set up, according to an April 22 media release from the Grey Bruce Health Unit.

One is located at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine and the second at the P&H Centre in Hanover.

Each centre will have a 50-bed capacity and is designed to lessen the burden on local hospitals. They will only be made operational as required and if warranted, a third site may be established at a location to be determined by local needs.

Community Recovery Centres are not designed for critical or high-level care. Instead, they will provide additional patient support. This care could include non-critical overflow patients who may be returning to long-term care or retirement facilities.

The two Community Recovery Centres are the result of a partnership among Grey and Bruce Counties, the Town of Hanover, the Municipality of Kincardine, the Grey Bruce Health Unit, with the strong commitment of our local political leaders - Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker and Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, and with funding, logistics, planning, and support from Bruce Power. Dr Neal Stretch provided technical support for the project with his extensive experience with setting up field hospitals.

"We are well serviced by a strong health care system. But, by setting up these Community Recovery Centres, we are providing a second layer to bolster that system as it comes under the stress of COVID-19. This is one way we can prepare to lessen the potential negative impacts of the outbreak," said Dr Ian Arra, Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health.

Thanks go out to the volunteers from the Lucknow Kinsmen Club and the Lucknow Music in the Fields Committee who assembled the panels at both facilities. Acknowledgements also go to Canadian Tire, Kincardine; Rona, Kincardine; Sleep Bed Gallery, Kincardine; Ideal Supply, Listowel; Trusscore, Palmerston; Bluewater Sanitation, Tiverton; Wayne’s Electric, Hanover; Linen Plus, Alberta; and, Walton Medical, for their contributions and support.

The Davidson Centre, Kincardine.

Each recovery centre has a 50 bed capacity and will provide additional patient support such as non-critical overflow.

The P&H Centre in Hanover is the second Community Recovery Centre now set up in Grey Bruce. A third will be established if needed.