Northern Operation Donates Tablets to Local Hospital and Assisted Living Facility

Our Northern Operation donated tablet devices to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Huron Lodge, a local assisted living facility in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Patients in the hospital’s palliative care unit and Huron Lodge residents received the tablets so that they can video chat with family and friends that they might not otherwise be able to see during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The tablets were safely delivered by Stephen Stride, Production Supervisor at Carmeuse, to Sylvie Ferland, Director of St. Joseph Hospital, and Norman Mann of Huron Lodge to be shared with the patients and residents. 

“We recognize the difficulty of this time of social distancing, especially for those in the hospital or in assisted living,” said Shawn Rae, Site Operation Manager. “Our team wanted to provide tablets for those individuals to connect with family members and friends outside of the facilities.”

Pictured to the right, Stephen Stride delivers the tablets to Norman Mann.