| Alliance Hospitals Tighten Smoking Restrictions |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 29, 2008 Alliance Hospitals Tighten Smoking Restrictions In a demonstration of their ongoing commitment to providing safe and healthy hospital environments, the Wellington Health Care Alliance (WHCA) hospitals announced today that effective January 1, 2009, North Wellington Health Care (Palmerston and District and Louise Marshall Hospital in Mount Forest) will become smoke-less environments while Groves Memorial Community Hospital (Centre Wellington) will become completely smoke-free. President and CEO Jerome Quenneville states, �this move to smoke-less and smoke-free environments confirms for the community and our staff our aim to support good health practices including reducing the exposure to smoke at or near the hospitals.�Currently, smoking is allowed externally on all sites as long as it takes place at least 9 meters from an entrance. The new change in policy means that smoking will not be permitted anywhere on Groves Memorial Community Hospital property including parking lots or vehicles. Smoking will only be permitted within a single outdoor designated area on the property at each of the Palmerston and District and Louise Marshall Hospital sites. The Wellington Health Care Alliance move to smoke-less and smoke-free environments is keeping with a trend among hospitals in Ontario and supports the health care mandate of hospitals. We thank our community members in advance for complying with our new policy. Contact: Jerome Quenneville President and CEO Wellington Health Care Alliance (519) 843-2010 x 200 (519) 323-3333 x 2258 Alliance Hospitals Tighten Smoking Restrictions  Download this press release (pdf) - December 29, 2008 |
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