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Please co-exist safely with rattlesnakes Wednesday July 28th 2010 West Parry Sound Health Centre operates Ontario’s Massasauga Rattlesnake Anti-venom Depot. Experts from the Toronto Zoo and the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Recovery Team support this project by sitting on an advisory panel. The Toronto Z...more |
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High school students take part in Education Week at WPSHC Monday May 31st 2010 WPSHC - All last week West Parry Sound Health Centre welcomed Parry Sound High School students to learn new skills and to appreciate the valuable career options that are available in health care. Education We...more |
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Prepared to operate the Provincial Massasauga Rattlesnake Anti-venom Depot Tuesday May 18th 2010 West Parry Sound Health Centre is prepared for another busy summer season when its catchment population booms and it once again becomes the active centre of Ontario’s Massasauga rattlesnake habitat. This snakebite season, WPSHC will be offi...more |
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Astronaut tours West Parry Sound Health Centre Monday May 10th 2010 WPSHC - You never know who you’ll meet at West Parry Sound Health Centre. On Saturday, May 1, Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk toured the health centre and met with patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. &nb...more |
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Moving... and improving our quality of care Wednesday April 21st 2010 WPSHC - Five years after moving in, this is being called our ‘mini move’ - the swapping of patients from units A and B to create what will officially become known as the Acute Care Nursing Unit and the Transitional Care Unit. |
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Lab excells in Accreditation review Wednesday April 21st 2010 WPSHC - Having just completed an exhaustive self-assessment review, the Lab at WPSHC was found to be 98.8 percent compliant on 498 requirements. Most of the non-compliances (2) were found to be ...more |
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Board approves Accessibility Plan and Policy Tuesday March 16th 2010 WPSHC - The Board of Trustees has approved the 2010 Accessibility Plan and Policy in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, aimed at improving opportunities for people with disabilities and to provide for their involve...more |
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Into 2010 with a new Strategic Plan Friday February 5th 2010 WPSHC - West Parry Sound Health Centre has entered the new year with a commitment to its enduring vision and values along with a challenging new mission. All of these components are part of the health centre’s new Strategic Plan that will h...more |
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NOSM CCC Retreat Tuesday February 2nd 2010 The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its third annual Comprehensive Community Clerkship (CCC) Retreat in Parry Sound on January 14-16, 2010. All third-year undergraduate medical students at NOSM complete clinical learning placements in...more |
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Health centre and community host NOSM conference Wednesday January 13th 2010 WPSHC - The Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s annual Comprehensive Community Clerkship Retreat comes to Parry Sound and West Parry Sound Health Centre this week - January 14, 15, and 16. The school’s full third-year...more |
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Property goes Smoke-Free on January 1, 2010 Tuesday December 29th 2009 WPSHC - The Town of Parry Sound is helping us go smoke-free. During the meeting of Parry Sound municipal council on December 1, a by-law was approved confirming the health centre’s intention to begi...more |
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WPSHC will serve as provincial anti-venom depot Tuesday December 29th 2009 WPSHC - The North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) has confirmed funding to fully support the ongoing operation of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Anti-Venom Depot located at West Parry Sound Health Centre. &am...more |
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Board supports effort to gain additional orthopedic cases Monday November 16th 2009 WPSHC - Trustees continue to take an active role in seeking approval for new orthopedic surgical cases at West Parry Sound Health Centre. Passing a resolution during their meeting on November 9, members of th...more |
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Helping patients quit smoking Friday October 16th 2009 WPSHC – West Parry Sound Health Centre is now among the 70 Canadian hospitals in the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s (UOHI) smoking cessation network. To date, some 6,000 Canadians are smoke-free after being identified and ...more |
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Foundation presents $250,000 Tuesday October 13th 2009 WPSHC - West Parry Sound Health Centre Foundation and its generous donors continue to support the delivery of quality health care in our community. The Foundation has recently presented the Board of Trustees with a cheque for $250,000. &am...more |
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Staff volunteers making health centre greener Wednesday June 24th 2009 WPSHC - Department champions are helping West Parry Sound Health Centre move toward a ‘greener’ environment for all recyclables being generated inside the health centre. This involves the collection of personally-used items like d...more |
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Director of HR named to LHIN steering committee Friday February 6th 2009 WPSHC - The Northeast Local Health Integration Network has recently created the NE Health Human Resources Plan Steering Committee to consider and advise on planning efforts, recruitment and retention, partnerships and collaboration, training and deve...more |
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Work continues toward smoke-free property Tuesday February 3rd 2009 WPSHC - The countdown continues toward the January 1, 2010 launch of the smoke-free policy at West Parry Sound Health Centre. Staff, physicians, trustees, and community partners are working together on four c...more |
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Partnership with Canadore College providing new educational opportunities Friday January 23rd 2009 WPSHC - Health care education in the community is being strengthened thanks to the partnership between West Parry Sound Health Centre and Canadore College. In a letter this month to the health centre, Canador...more |
