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Feb 12, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Listening to the concerns coming from round-table discussions across the province about the crisis in long-term care is sobering, and disturbing. Our elderly – the people who raised us – worked their whole lives, many of them doing so to create a better...
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Feb 12, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
As a Personal Support Worker (PSW) currently working in a long-term care facility, Jennifer Roose knows first-hand the struggle she and her fellow workers face each day to meet resident needs. Taking part in the Round Table discussions held by the Ontario...
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Jan 28, 20 •
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Chatham-Kent Health Alliance officials say they’ve already seen a surge from this year’s flu season, and were able to handle it without an issue. This year, the alliance received $300,000 in surge funding from the province, enabling the organization to...
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Jan 28, 20 •
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With two confirmed cases of the coronavirus reported in Ontario as of Monday, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) officials say they are prepared for the worst. The coronavirus, which first surfaced in China and has killed more than 106 people as of Tuesday...
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Jan 9, 20 •
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The municipality expanded its boil water advisory. Initially only for Tilbury and a few outlying areas, the advisory now extends to all users on the Wheatley Drinking Water System as well. This includes the Town of Wheatley and the surrounding areas between...
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Dec 20, 19 •
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The Chatham Comfort Inn is once again offering its “Room at the Inn” program in keeping with the spirit of the holiday season. “Room at the Inn” provides complimentary accommodations to those from outside of the immediate Municipality...
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Dec 4, 19 •
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The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is declaring war on emergency department wait times. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of CKHA, said wait times for people who see a doctor in the emergency department and are to be admitted to hospital average 13.5 hours....
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Dec 4, 19 •
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The vaccination cart is rolling down the halls at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance again. In an effort to make it as easy as possible for staff to receive a flu shot, the cart rolls from department to department offering vaccinations to staff at work. So far,...
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Dec 3, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) has added two new physicians to the organization. Dr. Nicole Campbell joins CKHA in the role of Anesthesiologist and Dr. Robert Wismer joins as an Emergency Physician. “Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is thrilled to...
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Nov 5, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Provincial health-care advocates addressed a crowd of several hundred people Saturday in Chatham, sending a message to Queen’s Park that any cuts to the delivery of health-care services will be strongly opposed. Put on by the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC)...
