To ensure the comfort and safety of patients, staff and other clients, Sudbury Regional Hospital wishes to remind hospital visitors of its scent-free policy.
The hospital would appreciate the public's co-operation in not wearing perfume, cologne, aftershave, body sprays or heavily scented hair products when they visit the hospital.
Many people, particularly those with respiratory related illness or allergies, are susceptible to problems with scented products, and can react to them in a variety of ways, including shortness of breath or breathing difficulty, coughing, wheezing, stuffy nose, headaches, rash and hives. Reactions requiring emergency care are also possible in people with this kind of sensitivity.
