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]
Ontario provides funds for expansion projects, reduced wait times The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) will receive nearly $475,000 from the Ontario government as a result of expansion projects, and improvements on some specific ER wait times. The province is expanding services [Read more]
November 1, 2010 9:30 AM McGuinty Government Empowers Ontarians To Make Better Health Care Choices With the simple click of a mouse or the touch of a smart phone, Ontarians can access the newly re-launched health care options web site and get to know the health care options in their communities [Read more]
Salmonella Oranienberg Outbreak In Ontario August 14, 2010 3:00 PM 25 Cases Reported Since Late July Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King, is advising the public that there is an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienberg in the province. Salmonella Oranienberg is a rare form of [Read more]
BROWN ANNOUNCES $85,000 FOR FAMILY HEALTH TEAMS QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to announce that the funding letters for the new Family Health Teams’ Development Grant Agreements have been signed. Manitouwadge General Hospital, Chapleau Health Services, and [Read more]
Seeing Diabetes education in the North by Karina Hunter The Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) has partnered with the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative being funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to bring screening and education [Read more]
