*From the Editor: The hearing in Dryden referred to below is the same which caught OntarioNewsNorth.com’s attention in a provincial gov’t press release January 12th titled “Improving Rural and Northern Health Care”. Get the rest of this story by CLICKING HERE; I am [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]
BRUCE HYER TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ON HEALTH CARE New Democrat Health Critic Megan Leslie, MP (Halifax) joins Thunder Bay–Superior North MP Bruce Hyer to host public forums on Seniors’ Health Care, Aboriginal Health Care THUNDER BAY – Soaring drug costs, an aging population, difficulty in [Read more]
Regular Readers may have noticed a new publication available for download on OntarioNewsNorth.com; Northwestern Ontario Prevention News is a monthly publication provided by Kiri Butter of the Northwestern Region Office of the Canadian Cancer Society . The June 2010 newsletter includes [Read more]
McGuinty’s Government Improving Quality And Accountability In Health Care Ontario is putting patients first by improving the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system through new legislation. The Excellent Care for All Act was passed by the legislature today and [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]
McGuinty Government Adding 30 New Family Health Teams Ontario is calling for applications for 30 new Family Health Teams (FHTs), which will help increase access to family health care for Ontarians. New Family Health Team applicants will be selected from health care providers and/or community [Read more]
Expanding Access To Family Health Care by Karina Hunter This afternoon, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews will be joined by Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi at the University of Ottawa Health Services Family Health Team offices in Toronto where the pair will be outlining [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to the Northshore, for dates/locations, click on the link to the town nearest you… Manitouwadge www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11613 Nipigon www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11618 [Read more]
