In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles cases surge

Patients with measles symptoms are directed to the back of Windsor Regional Hospital‘s metropolitan campus, where they enter the building near the shipping and receiving dock and the morgue.Inside, strict protocols are meant to keep one of the world’s most contagious viruses from spreading: The hospital does not allow visitors under age 16; four pediatric airborne isolation rooms are set up; elevators are shut down for two hours after an infected patient uses them; and admissions are carefully timed to minimize exposures.