Ontario Adds More Hospital Beds for Epilepsy Monitoring and Testing Ontario is more than doubling the number of hospital beds for epilepsy patients in order to enhance their care and reduce wait times for diagnostic testing. The province is adding 21 new epilepsy monitoring unit beds at [Read more]
New Health Link to Co-ordinate Care for Seniors and Patients with Complex Conditions High needs patients in the City of Thunder Bay Integrated District Network (IDN) will soon benefit from better coordinated care from a new Health Link bringing together all health providers in the community. [Read more]
Today, Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and John Milloy, Government House Leader, issued the following statement on the government’s motion to fast-track Bill 30, the Skin Cancer Prevention Act: “In March, our government took action to help prevent skin cancer among [Read more]
Government To Move Forward With New Legislation This Fall From: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care The Ontario government is taking action to make the province’s cancer system safer for patients, following the release of Dr. Jake Thiessen’s review into Ontario’s cancer drug [Read more]
Gravelle and Mauro announce funding increase for Superior North EMS Ontario is strengthening land ambulance services to ensure continued access to emergency health care for the residents of Thunder Bay and the area through a 4.8% funding increase to the Superior North EMS, the district’s [Read more]
New Ontario Government Regulating Health Care Options Ontario is making traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture services safer by ensuring that only regulated and qualified practitioners deliver these services. Starting April 1, 2013, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture practitioners [Read more]
New Ontario Government Partners With First Nations to Support Community Addiction Initiatives Ontario is working with First Nations communities to increase access to care and community supports for those addicted to prescription narcotics. The province is providing ongoing annual funding to [Read more]
2,730 People Evacuated From Northwestern Ontario The province is sending the Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) to support forest fire evacuees in Northwestern Ontario. EMAT will be on hand to provide medical assessment to evacuees arriving in Thunder Bay, to address a range of immediate [Read more]
McGuinty Government Providing Care Closer To Home Ontario’s expansion of bariatric surgeries, also known as gastric bypass, is saving the province tens of millions of taxpayer dollars each year while providing care closer to home for patients. As part of Ontario’s Diabetes strategy to [Read more]
December 30, 2010 McGuinty Government Helps Families With Costs Of Important Health Services Ontario is helping families stay healthy and save money by providing greater access to a variety of health services. Ontario’s publicly funded immunization program is helping families save up to $790 [Read more]
December 1, 2010 McGuinty Government Encourages Ontarians To Avoid Getting Sick This Flu Season The Ontario government is encouraging Ontarians to avoid getting sick this flu season by getting their annual flu shot. The province is making the influenza vaccine available free of charge for the 11th [Read more]
November 29, 2010 McGuinty Government’s Narcotics Safety And Awareness Act Receives Third Reading Ontario is taking action to reduce the growing abuse of prescription narcotics and controlled substances with new legislation. The Narcotics Safety and Awareness Act was passed by the [Read more]
November 30, 2010 McGuinty Government Proposes Expanding Chief Medical Officer Of Health’s Powers Ontario is taking action to strengthen and better coordinate the province’s response to future public health emergencies or events, like a pandemic. Later today, the province will introduce [Read more]
November 19, 2010 McGuinty Government Helping Deliver Better Quality And Access To Care Ontario’s first graduating class of 21 Physician Assistants (PAs) will soon be bringing their training and skills to the province’s health care system following a two-year program at McMaster [Read more]
McGuinty Government Recognizes Innovations That Improve Patient Care Ontario recognized six health care organizations from across the province for their innovations in health care over the past year. The winners were announced at the Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo, held November [Read more]
