More Patients and Families in the Geraldton Area to receive compassionate palliative care closer to home Ontario is partnering with local communities to add 1 new hospice bed to the Geraldton District Hospital that will provide patients and families in Geraldton with better access to compassionate [Read more]
Province Supporting Maternal Health and Wellness in Indigenous Communities Ontario is improving access to culturally appropriate child and maternity care for more Indigenous people across the province. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-TeDashboardrm Care, was at Dilico Family [Read more]
Provincial Program Helps Save Seniors Money and Stay Healthy Ontario is reminding seniors who are turning 65 in 2017 that, starting January 1, they will be eligible to get the shingles vaccine free of charge, saving them approximately $170 and helping them stay healthy. Seniors aged 65 to 70 can [Read more]
Province Funding 300,000 Dedicated Nursing Hours to Reduce Emergency Wait Times Ontario is providing more than $226,012 to help patients receive quicker access to care in hospital emergency rooms in City of Thunder Bay. The province will provide funding to 20 municipalities across Ontario for [Read more]
Thunder Bay region to receive $2 million in increased funding for home and community care This investment will help clients and caregivers most in need, including $80 million for enhanced home care and $20 million for caregiver respite. Home care patients and those who care for them will [Read more]
Last month, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Eric Hoskins announced the next stage of the Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care, the “Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario.” The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has asked the North West LHIN to [Read more]
Helping Ontarians Grow their Families As of December 23rd, 2015, 50 clinics across Ontario will be offering government-funded fertility treatments, including the North Shore Fertility Centre in Thunder Bay. Ontario is making fertility treatments more accessible by contributing to the cost of one [Read more]
Ontario Reducing Wait Times for Assessments and Referrals Ontario is proposing to expand access to referrals for sex reassignment surgery for transgender people.Currently, patients can only receive a referral for insured surgery through the Gender Identity Clinic program at the Centre for Addiction [Read more]
