Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Local workload forcing Brightshores to curtail cancer services

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About 20 cancer patients per month will have to leave Grey-Bruce for care until a new oncologist can be found, Brightshores Health System vice-president Beth Morris said Wednesday.  That’s the estimated number of patients affected by the decision to relieve the workload of Brightshores’ oncologists by sending some new cancer patients to other hospitals, which […]

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Gateway CERH receives donation from Zehrs Goderich

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GODERICH – Members of Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recently visited the Zehrs Goderich store to receive a donation valued at $500 from store manager Jim Bissett. “Zehrs Goderich has been a generous donor to Gateway CERH over the years,” Gateway said in a press release. “Funding from the Zehrs donation goes […]

Community

Low attendance at SBGHC community engagement session in Kincardine

(By Pauline Kerr) The South Bruce Grey Health Centre community engagement session on Nov. 14 in Kincardine saw a very sparse turnout – fewer than 30 people, some of whom … Continue reading Low attendance at SBGHC community engagement session in Kincardine

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Doctor shortage will send some cancer patients out of Grey-Bruce

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Some local cancer patients will temporarily have to leave Grey-Bruce for care due to an oncologist shortage, Brightshores Health System announced Tuesday.  All cancer patients will continue to be referred to Brightshores as they are now and patients with new diagnoses of lung, colorectal and breast cancer will continue to be seen at Brightshores.  “Patients […]

Owen Sound Sun Times South Bruce Grey Health Centre

West Grey hopes to have an answer regarding judicial review of Durham hospital decision before year’s end

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West Grey’s legal team argued in front of a panel of three judges last week that the province should reverse the South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s decision to remove all 10 in-patient beds from Durham’s hospital. West Grey communications coordinator Ashley Noble said that the municipality’s legal counsel provided an update following the Nov. 13 […]