Influenza Outbreak on Nursing Floor Declared Over

In consultation with public health authorities, the influenza outbreak on the nursing floor at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) has been declared over as of midnight April 22, 2026.

SLMHC is reminding visitors to refrain from visiting patients if you are feeling unwell and experiencing symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea. Please do not visit until you have fully recovered.

Masks are no longer required but we encourage hand hygiene practices. Here at SLMHC, we take hand hygiene seriously. Hand hygiene is cleaning your hands to stop the spread of germs.

Please wash your hands when you: enter the hospital building, before and after every contact with a patient, before and after eating, after using the washroom and when leaving the building.

Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the hospital to help with this.  Hand sanitizer stations are effective if your hands are visibly clean, however if your hands are soiled or visibly dirty use soap and water in one of our washrooms located throughout the facility.