Tag: patient
PYETTE: London Knights’ hockey factory hums again for 55th straight NHL draft
The numbers donât lie. The London Knights produced another two NHL first-round picks in Sam Dickinson (Sharks) and Sam OâReilly (Oilers). They had four players picked this weekend in Vegas â including Jared Woolley (sixth round, 164th overall to the Kings) and William Nicholl (seventh round, 196th overall to the Oilers). That makes a world-leading […]
Hospital unions fear layoffs as LHSC deficit soars to $150M
Workers at LHSC have a message for the hospital as it copes with a deficit expected to nearly double to $150M by the spring of 2025.
Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton
When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]
Paulgaard: Local stories, told with integrity, should matter to us all
In small town Alberta where I grew up, it was common to see headlines such as The case of the cow in the second-storey window and Coyote captured in town in the local paper.
London doctor: Heat wave illnesses can take days to kick in
The fallout of this week’s brutal London-area heat wave hasn’t hit city hospitals, but that doesn’t mean it won’t yet.
Most hospitals in Grey-Bruce reducing or ending chaplain services
Hospital spiritual care — provided by chaplains who listen and help people deal with anxieties and concerns when facing life’s difficult moments — has undergone an “upheaval” in Grey-Bruce. Brightshores Health System is taking the service in-house, by hiring a full-time spiritual care leader and two part-time spiritual care providers to cover its seven sites. […]
Monitors purchased for Wingham hospital using $18K RCL donation
The Wingham and District Hospital Foundation recently purchased two in-patient vital signs monitors and two oncology vital signs monitors after receiving a grant in the amount of $18,332 from the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation. The WDH Foundation extended “a sincere thank you to the local legions in Wingham, Lucknow, […]
SBGHC introduces new technology for breast cancer surgery
South Bruce Grey Health Centre has introduced new surgical technology intended to improve breast cancer treatment in Kincardine. The MOLLI 2 System technology, which is wire-free and radiation-free, is used to locate tumors that cannot be felt during surgery, according to a news release from the hospital. Historically, patients requiring this type of procedure were […]
Doctor assaulted in St. Thomas
A 37-year-old man has been charged with assault after a physician was attacked by a patient at a south-end medical facility on Saturday.