Health

After waiting 9 months, we finally got to take the fly-in fishing trip that we purchased at the LDHC Foundation’s Glam for Good Gala last November. Sean Coe, co-owner of Pine Portage Lodge, generously donated a 3-day trip to support the purchase of the new ultrasound machine. The need for upgrading, maintaining and purchasing medical equipment never stops. Sean understands ...

Welcome to Dr. Thomas Dymond, who joined the Wawa Family Health Team on August 1st, 2025. Thomas is Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia with roots in Bear River First Nation. He grew up in a charming little town in the Annapolis Valley and went on to earn his undergraduate and master’s degrees in kinesiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. After completing ...

A wild bird in Wawa recently tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv). WNv has been identified in birds, mosquitoes, horses and humans in Ontario since the summer of 2001. This result indicates the presence of WNv in Algoma and the potential risk to its residents during peak mosquito season. WNv is spread to humans through the bite of an ...

We have worked hard to get something going, and here it finally is. I want to Thank Silvana Dereski, Kadean Ogilvie, Maury O’Neill, Shelley, and Katherine for all their hard work. Councillor Cathy Cannon

The North Shore Health Network (NSHN) is informing the community of upcoming temporary closures of the Emergency Department at the following locations due to physician shortages: ·        RICHARDS LANDING – MATTHEWS SITE: From 8:00 am on Thursday, August 7th, reopening at 8:00 am on Friday, August 8th. ·        THESSALON SITE: From 8:00 am on Friday, August 8th, reopening at 8:00 ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has issued a swimming advisory for Harmony Beach located in Goulais River, Ontario and Mark’s Bay South in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (Wednesday, July 30, 2025). Water samples are taken from Harmony Beach and Mark’s Bay South every week.  The test results of samples taken on Monday, July 28th, 2025, contained high levels of bacteria.  It is ...

Evolugen/Brookfield Renewable is a strong supporter of the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation. Since 2017, they have donated over $40,000. Representatives were invited to the hospital, where they were taken on a tour to see their donations at work. The need for upgrading, maintaining and purchasing medical equipment never stops. Evolugen/Brookfield Renewable understands how important quality health care is in ...

Jun 27, 2025 at 16:38 Sault Area Hospital is sharing an important update with the community about a change to physician coverage in our Emergency Department (ED), effective July 1, 2025. Beginning next month, the Emergency Department will be operating with reduced physician coverage per day due to changes in physician funding.  While this change was not determined by the ...

The Ontario government is investing $155 million over two years to add 57 new community surgical and diagnostic centres licensed to deliver MRI and CT scans, and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy services across the province. The expansion will help 1.2 million people access publicly funded procedures faster and is part of the government’s plan to invest in and protect Ontario’s health-care ...

The Sault Area Hospital held its annual meeting at which it recognized its staff, management team, board and volunteers – all of whom, with their service, make SAH a better place. A feature of the annual meeting was the annual presentation of the SAH iCcare Awards, established by the SAH Board in 2011, that acknowledge an employee, volunteer and physician who ...

Jun 24, 2025 at 08:01 Rotary members, Linda, Guidon, Rob and Liz Clarke,  met with Foundation chair, Susan Switzer, treasurer, Holly Kettles and director Mary Lynn McKenna and LDHC CEO Kadean Ogilvie, to present a $10,000 cheque to purchase 2 CADD pain pumps for the Lady Dunn Health Centre. The Rotary Club has been a long-time supporter of the Foundation ...

Michael Michaud, President & CEO; Jean-François Montreuil, VP, Exploration; Andrew Watt,Project Manager of Red Pine Exploration Inc., met with Foundation Chair Susan Switzer, Treasurer Holly Kettles and Director Marla Jones to present a $2,000 cheque in support of the “We’re not taking this lying down” campaign to purchase 10 new hospital beds and the 9&Dine Golf Tournament. Red Pine Exploration ...

June 21 is the date for the 3rd Annual LDHCF charity golf tournament ‘9nDine’.  All monies go towards purchasing 10 new hospital beds for the Lady Dunn Health Centre, part of our “We’re not taking this lying down!” campaign. Come out and have a great day golfing – sip some bevies, hope for a hole in one, enjoy a tasty ...

Jun 5, 2025 at 09:33 We are experiencing staffing pressure in our Locum Physician group for ER coverage today, June 5th, 2025. The Emergency Department (ED) will remain open; however, we ask that you visit the ED only if you have an emergency. We will be leaning on our local physicians to provide unscheduled coverage as well as our Nurse ...

With the 9&Dine Golf Tournament ahead of us, the Foundation is launching “We’re not taking this lying down!” – a campaign to purchase ten (10) new hospital beds. Most of the current beds at the LDHC are from when the new facility was built 23 years ago. Mattresses have been replaced, and many repairs have been done, but most of ...