Tag: Grey Bruce Health Services
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GBHS re-brands to become Brightshores Health System
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Grey Bruce Health Services has changed its name to Brightshores Health System. “The transition to Brightshores Health System comes at a pivotal time for our organization,” said Gary Sims, Brightshores Health System’s outgoing president and CEO, in a news release. “We are growing rapidly with the expansion of new services, new facilities and new initiatives.…
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Grey County to give $1 million to new wellness centre at Bayview
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Grey County just committed $1 million towards an estimated $25-million mental health and addictions treatment centre in Owen Sound. The 45-bed “Wellness and Recovery Centre” is to offer fully OHIP-paid programs and services all under one roof. It will include 17 transitional housing quarters where people may stay for one or two years while receiving…
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Local hospitals receive increased funding though new stabilization effort
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Local hospitals will see an increase in funding as a result of a one-time investment of $22 million from the provincial government to establish a Small and Northern Hospital Stabilization Fund. In a joint statement, MPPs Lisa Thompson (Huron-Bruce) and Rick Byers (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) announced $7,405,600 in additional base funding to “deliver faster, more convenient…
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Local hospitals receive increased funding though new stabilization effort
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Local hospitals will see an increase in funding as a result of a one-time investment of $22 million from the provincial government to establish a Small and Northern Hospital Stabilization Fund. In a joint statement, MPPs Lisa Thompson (Huron-Bruce) and Rick Byers (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) announced $7,405,600 in additional base funding to “deliver faster, more convenient…
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Local hospitals receive increased funding though new stabilization effort
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Local hospitals will see an increase in funding as a result of a one-time investment of $22 million from the provincial government to establish a Small and Northern Hospital Stabilization Fund. In a joint statement, MPPs Lisa Thompson (Huron-Bruce) and Rick Byers (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) announced $7,405,600 in additional base funding to “deliver faster, more convenient…
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Nurse’s efforts to advance sexual/domestic assault care recognized
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Owen Sound nurse Ellie Neary has overseen the growth of Grey Bruce Health Services’ Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre and her work was recognized recently with a Nursing Now Ontario Award. She has grown the program from about five trained nurses when she came to GBHS in 2018 to 13 today. There have been 60…
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Local hospital foundations launch online 50/50 for MRI machine
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Local hospital foundations are launching an online 50/50 lottery to raise money for a second MRI machine. The Grey Bruce Health Services hospital foundations in Bruce Peninsula, Markdale, Meaford, Owen Sound and Southampton are collectively launching the online lottery with proceeds going to procuring another piece of medical imaging equipment. According to a media release,…
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GBHS in early stages of establishing a research institute
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Grey Bruce Health Services is establishing an office of research and innovation to support physician research, lure more such work and explore opportunities to partner with academia, government and the private sector. The office will be part of the hospital corporation for now but ultimately it will stand on its own, as similar institutes at…
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Masks optional now at Grey Bruce Health Services, with exceptions
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Masks are now mostly optional in Grey Bruce Health Services sites. They remain mandatory in emergency departments, for people visiting patient rooms and anywhere in the hospital for people who have COVID-19 symptoms. The new policy reflects updated recommendations from Public Health Ontario regarding the COVID-19 virus and hospital practice in the province, a GBHS…
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Province announces over $3M in funding for on-call doctors in Grey-Bruce
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The Ontario government is sending $3,215,962 to local hospitals to support more on-call funding for doctors working after hours. In a media release, Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers said the funding will help patients to get the care they need in-hospital, right when and where they need it. Broken down by hospital, the funding is…