Some of the healthcare IT systems have come back online following last week’s cyberattack, but government is still not able to fully say which systems those are.
One thing that Health Minister, John Haggie could reveal is that email connectivity has returned in Eastern Health. But wouldn’t get into any specifics of what is or isn’t working at the moment, due to the sensitivity of the situation.
However, he says that the full functionality of Meditech isn’t there yet and won’t be for some time.
Emergency and urgent services in acute care facilities only will proceed today, and patients that have not been contacted should assume their appointments have been cancelled.
Psychiatry clinics are resuming today, anyone with a scheduled appointment and who has been contacted should call their clinic prior to their visit.
Some phone systems including Client Relations line, are still affected by the outage. Officials are working to restore all systems.
Chemotherapy treatments for patients are resuming today at Eastern Health region.
Haggie says oncologists have been able to identify those who had appointments cancelled and whose treatments are timely. Treatment starts today and continue through the weekend and will be done slower than before.
If electronic chemotherapy systems are unavailable, the capacity will be lowered.
Radiation therapy is cancelled and patients will be called directly when they can proceed with the appointments. Injection appointments on November 1 and 5 will proceed today at 1:30 to 4pm. Information for Labradorians whose appointments were cancelled should be available in the next few days.