Health

This is Nurses Week 2021

On April 20th, Municipal Council recognized the contributions of nurses to our health, and in recognition of Florence Nightingale’s birthday and Nurses Week throughout the world – proclaimed that May 10th – May 16th be recognized in Wawa as Nursing Week. Council made note in their proclamation that “many RN’s, RPN/s and PSW’s have worked tirelessly in Wawa to keep ...

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4 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#355 – #358)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported four (4) new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. All cases were tested May 11th, with three of close contact, and one unknown. All cases are self-isolating. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact.

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3 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#352 – #354)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported three (3) new cases of COVID-19, all were tested yesterday, and are self-isolating. Two cases from Sault Ste. Marie and area and one from Elliot Lake and area. All are cases of close contact. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered ...

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5 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#347 – #351)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 5 new cases of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area. All cases are self-isolating and were tested today, Monday, May 10th, 2021. Four are of close contact, and one is unknown. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close ...

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A note to the community from the Wawa physicians

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

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2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#344 – #345)

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 2 new cases of COVID-19, both from Sault Ste. Marie and area. One case is from close contact, and the other is category unknown. Both cases were tested May 7th, 2021, and are self-isolating. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered ...

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NDP says its time for a national dentistry program

With Canada ranked among the lowest of the thirty-seven OECD countries for publicly funded dentistry, New Democrats say it’s time for the government to support their proposal to provide dental coverage to millions of Canadians who can’t afford a visit to the dentist. The NDP plan, brought forward  by MP Jack Harris, is completely costed by the Parliamentary Budget Officer ...

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Le NPD dit qu’il est temps d’avoir un programme national de dentaire

Étant donné que Canada occupe l’une des dernières places parmi les 37 pays de l’OCDE pour ce qui est du financement public des soins dentaires, le NPD demande au gouvernement d’appuyer sa proposition visant à fournir une assurance dentaire à des millions de Canadien·nes qui ne peuvent pas se permettre une visite chez le dentiste. Le plan du NPD, présenté ...

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3 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#339 – #341)

Algoma Public Health (APH) reported 3 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area on Wednesday, May 5th. Two cases (tested May 5) are of close contact, and the third (tested May 3rd) is unknown. All are self-isolating. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not ...

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2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#337 – #338)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 2 new cases of COVID-19, both from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Both cases are of close contact, are self-isolating, and all close contacts are notified by APH by contact tracing. One case was tested May 2nd, and the other on May 3rd.

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A note to the community from the Wawa physicians

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

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Une nouvelle mesure d’urgence permet de s’assurer que les patients reçoivent des soins de grande qualité dans le cadre approprié.

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En raison de l’augmentation récente et rapide du nombre d’hospitalisations et d’admissions dans les unités de soins intensifs et de la menace qui pèse sur la capacité des soins intensifs de la province, le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, prend d’autres mesures pour veiller à ce que des lits d’hôpitaux soient à la disposition ...

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4 new confirmed case of COVID-19 (#321-#324)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 4 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Two cases are of unknown exposure and two are of close contact. All four are self-isolating. APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact.

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A note to the community from the Wawa physicians

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

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