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Dear Members of the Community

Pediatricians and Family Doctors
Dr. Dovber (Berel) Kremer Dr. Irving Schonfeld Dr. Mayer Zaklos Dr. Moses Levin
HERZCEL CLINIC - Jewish General Hospital Montreal Pediatrician Private Practice Outremont Family Physician at Tosh Clinic The fourth wave of COVID-19 has arrived in Montreal
and the Delta variant is here as well.
Dr. Alex Guttman Dr. Avraham Levy Dr. Barbara Hayton Dr. Betty Zylbergold
Emergency Medicine Jewish General Hospital Kildare Clinic Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Montreal Pediatrician
Medicine at McGill University. As health care workers who have cared for many of you
Dr. Charles Amar Dr. Earl (Yitzhak) B. Dr. Eli Segal Dr. Fanny Hersson-Edery and who are concerned for the wellbeing of the community
Emergency medicin JTH Edelstein Emergency Department Jewish General Hospital Family Medicine Residency program director Family
Family Physician Medicine Accoucheur at the Jewish General Hospital we are urging all community members ages 12 and up
Dr. Gerald Van Gurp Dr. Hugo Viladevall Dr. Jeremy Cohen Dr. John Lewis to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible.
Family physician at The Montreal Center for Health Emergency medicin/ICU at St Mary’s Hospital Family physician at The Montreal Center for Health Emergency Department at St. Mary’s Hospital and
and Care Refuah V’chesed and Care Refuah V’chesed / elne Family physician at The Montreal Center for Health
and Care Refuah V’chesed
Dr. Matthew Teetaert Dr. Michael Bouhadana Dr. Michael Kalin Dr. Peter Steinmetz
Family physician at The Montreal Center for Health Family medicin/pain menegment - Refuah Vchesed Family Physician at Sante Kildare Family physician, Medical director at The Montreal
and Care Refuah V’chesed / Jewish General Hospital in Montreal consultant in Center for Health & Care refuah vchesed • The vaccine is very safe and extremely effective in • To prevent the development of newer and more
palliative and pain care
Dr. Resa Rosenberg Dr. Steven Herskovitz Dr. Susan Fox preventing severe illness and death. dangerous variants it is necessary for more than 90%
Tiny Tots Pediatric Emergency Medicin St Mary’s Hospital Hematology and Internal Medicine at Rosmount of people to be vaccinated.
Masoneve Hospital • Young, healthy individuals should be immunized
OB/GYN to help prevent the spread of the virus to the • Younger people are getting seriously ill with
more vulnerable and immunocompromised the Delta variant of COVID 19, in jurisdictions
Dr. Dora Shiff Dr. Jacques Balayla Dr. Jill Cracower Dr. Judy Hagshi people. in the USA pediatric intensive care units are
Family Medicine, Obstetrics at Jewish General OBGYN CLINIC CDN Family Physician and Maternal-Child Health doctor Family Medicine, Obstetrics at Jewish General
Hospital at Sant? Kildare Hospital • However, older individuals and those with weaker full of children sick with COVID-19.
Dr. Perle Feldman Dr. Robbie Shear Dr. Stephanie Klam Dr. Cleve Ziegler
Family physician, Obstetrics specialist, Refuah Director of Obstetrics & Obstetrical Ultrasound, Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrician- Obstetrics, and Gynecology JGH/ELNE immune systems remain at risk even if vaccinated • Everyone should be aware that many of the
Vchesed , Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Jewish General HospitalAssistant Program Director Gynecologist Jewish General Hospital as their immune system may not develop the full people that survive acute COVID-19 infection have
McGill University. McGill OBGYN Residency Program
immunity required especially against the new prolonged and sometimes serious lingering illness,
Infectious Diseases “variants” like the delta that is now Montreal as well. referred to as “long COVID”.
Dr. Andre Dascal Dr. Earl Rubin Dr. Gerasimos J Zaharatos Dr. Karl Weiss
Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist and Medical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital
Microbiologist - Chief of infectious disease Montreal Medical Microbiology,Division of Infectious Diseases,
Children’s Hospital Jewish General Hospital The Covid-19 vaccines, offered in Canada, have vaccinated as this age group commonly hangs
Dr. Leighanne Olivia Parkes Dr. Ling Yuan Kong Dr. Matthew Thomas Dr. Christina Greenaway undergone rigorous testing and clinical trials and out in large groups for extended periods of
Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital Oughton Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital
Infectious Diseases- Jewish General Hospital it has been administered to hundreds of millions time which are known factors for spreading
of people worldwide already. the virus.
Dr. Albert Cohen Internal Medicine Dr. Thierry Benaroch
Director of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Division Head, MCH, Pediatric Orthopaedics.
Sir Mortimer B. Davis- Jewish General Hospital Associate Professor of Surgery McGill University The mRNA vaccines have been proven to be If you have a medical condition or have any concerns
safe and effective, even against the delta variant. regarding the vaccine, we encourage you to
Dr. David Donath Dr. David zuker Dr. Deny Laporta Dr. Emmanuel Moss The vaccine has been determined to be safe for consult your primary care physician
Chief, Brachytherapy Service Centre Hospitalier de Chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at ICU Jewish General Hospital Cardiac thoracic surgery, Jewish General Hospital
l?Universit? de Montreal the Jewish General Hospital women of childbearing age as well, and it is this whom you trust with all your other
Dr. Gad Friedman Dr. Gerald Batist Dr. Gershon Frisch Dr. Hyman Schipper special population that is strongly encouraged to medical decisions, and who knows your
member of the Division of Gastroenterology of the Cheif of Oncology - Jewish General Hospital Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital Professor of Neurology and Medicine (Geriatrics) at medical history and can best respond to
Jewish General Hospital and Associate Professor at McGill University, staff neurologist at the JGH vaccinate, as it is especially at risk of developing
McGill University concerns and guide your care.
Dr. Jaffry Segal Dr. Kelly Grzywacz Dr. Mark Palayew Dr. Michel de Marchie complications, affecting mom and baby should
Internal medicine St. Mary?s Hospital Gastroenterologist, Pediatric, CHU Sainte-Justin Pulmonologist at Jewish General Hospital. Co- Intensive Care Unit Jewish General Hospital Covid-19.
children’s hospital Director of Jewish General Hospital’s Tuberculosis In addition to the critical importance of all being
Clinic
Dr. Richard Payne Dr. Ron Olivenstein Dr. Ronald Schondorf Dr. Sarit Assouline We also strongly encourage all 12 and vaccinated we want to also remind all to follow public health
Thyroid Cancer Surgeon, ENT specialist at Jewish Chief chest institute Montreal Director of Neurophysiology SMBD Jewish General Physician, Division of Hematology,Jewish older especially the 12 to 17-year-olds to get recommendations as to distancing, masking, handwashing,
General Hospital Hospital GeneralHospital. Senior Investigator, Lady Davis as well as to more limited indoor congregating.
Institute for Medical Research.
Intensive Care Of note recent research has also added that inadequate indoor ventilation as a risk for COVID-19 acquisition.
Dr. Baruch Toledano Dr. Paul Warshawsky Dr. Daniel Murphy Thank you
Cheif of pediatric ICU in the CHU Sainte-Justin Chief of the ICU Department Jewish General Coordonnateur medical local - Jeanne Mance.
children’s hospital Hospital Chef du departement de medicine generale CIUSSS
Centre-Sud-de-l’Ile-de-Montreal
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