Tag: hospital
Brightshores foundation gives Owen Sound hospital $705,000 for equipment
Brightshores Owen Sound Foundation is providing money for nerve-function monitors used in surgery, an ICU patient warming/cooling unit, new transport stretchers, automated medication dispensers, expanded data storage and $14,100 for a clinical staff education and training fund at the hospital. Those are examples provided by the foundation about how $705,000 from this year’s Caring for […]
Nine sent to hospital after fire at public housing highrise near downtown
Nine people were sent to hospital, five of them in critical condition, after a fire at an apartment building near London’s downtown on Saturday morning, officials say. Firefighters were called to an apartment building at 241 Simcoe St. – southwest of the Wellington and Horton streets intersection – at about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday in […]
Three suspects in Sharif Rahman’s death remain in custody
All three suspects from the United Kingdom charged in the 2023 death of an Owen Sound restaurant owner made brief video appearances before an Owen Sound judge this week. Manslaughter suspect Robert Evans Jr., 25, who appeared in court Thursday, was directed by Ontario Court Justice Julia Morneau to return April 30 by video. He […]
One dead following head-on collision south of Port Elgin
A serious collision on Highway 21 left one person dead and another with undetermined injuries. Emergency services were called to the scene of a head-on collision between a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a pickup truck just before 5:30 p.m. on March 31, according to a South Bruce OPP news release. The driver of the […]
LHSC cutting nearly 290 registered nursing positions: Union
The hospital plans to cut 288 registered nursing positions in several units, the Ontario Nurses’ Association says.