Health

Mar 31, 2017 @ 09:36   On Thursday, March 3oth LDHC Foundation Board Members enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. To date the Legion Ladies Auxiliary have donated $400 locally and $7,000 provincially to the Foundation. Thank you to the Legion Ladies Auxiliary for their continued support! There is still time to donate to the Lady ...

Mar 29, 2017 @ 23:04   La première ombudsman de l’Ontario, Christine Elliott, visite le Réseau local d’intégration des services de santé (RLISS) du Nord-Est cette semaine pour en savoir plus sur les initiatives centrées sur les patients en cours dans le Nord-Est de l’Ontario et pour faire connaître aux résidents du Nord le rôle de l’ombudsman dans le processus ...

Mar 29, 2017 @ 23:00 Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman, Christine Elliott, is visiting the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) this week to learn more about patient-centred initiatives taking place in Northeastern Ontario and educate Northerners about the role of the Ombudsman in the patient complaint process. Hosted by the NE LHIN, Christine Elliott and her team will visit ...

Dubreuilville is currently under a precautionary boil water advisory.  Residents are asked to bring water to a rolling boil for one minute before consuming.   This advisory will remain in effect until two (2) sets of samples, taken 24 hours apart show that the water quality is safe. Residents are cautioned that this could take 3 -5 days.  

Mar 28, 2017 @ 10:30   The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation held a “Donor Recognition Celebration” on Sunday, March 26, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the hospital foyer. During the celebration, the Foundation formally thanked and recognized donors whose lifetime giving has reached $200.00 or more, and those who have reached a new category. The Foundation ...

  The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation will soon unveil the redesigned Donor Recognition Boards. Invitations have been sent out and plans have been undertaken to host a Donor Recognition Celebration on Sunday, March 26th from 1 pm to 3 pm. At 2 pm Dr. Julie Weinstein will be the guest speaker, following that the ‘In Memory’ names will be acknowledged. ...

Mar 10, 2017 @ 11:16 Wawa Community Food Bank volunteers once again wish to recognize our community members and organizations that provide such welcome support for the less fortunate in our midst. In January of this year, the Lady Dunn Hospital staff and administration contributed the proceeds from their annual Dress Down Fund. Thank you for this very generous donation. ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 06:19 The North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) met with the senior leadership of the region’s District Social Services Boards (DSSABs), as well as Service Managers of municipalities on Friday to move ahead with the recommendations found in its Innovative Housing with Health Supports in Northeastern Ontario Strategic Plan: 2016-2019. The partners identified leaders who ...

Mar 4, 2017 @ 10:35 The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation is pleased to announce that net proceeds from the 2017 Women’s Gala ‘Keep Calm and Party On’ held on February 3rd, 2017 was generously donated to the Foundation. The healthy donation of $2,421.00 will go towards the Digital Radiography upgrade in the x-ray room.  Since the Gala began in ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre held a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of the new Palliative Care Suite. The Suite is a beautiful pair of rooms featuring a mini-livingroom/dining room/kitchen with loveseats that open into beds. The patient’s bed looks very comfortable, and looks much like a beautiful bedroom at home.  When using the suite families can enjoy tv, ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre (LDHC) is pleased to announce the opening of our one bed palliative care suite on February 22, 2017. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 11 am with the open house continuing through until 3 pm. The suite is made possible with funding support from the North East Local Health Integration Network in keeping with ...

February 12 to 18 is Sexual and Reproductive Health Week and Algoma Public Health wants to remind you about the importance of starting a conversation about healthy sexuality.   Many sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have few or no noticeable symptoms and people may not be aware that they are infected. These infections can lead to serious health complications if left ...

Beaucoup de patients ne savent pas si un programme d’éducation en matière de diabète (PED) leur serait utile, et pensent qu’un tel programme ne s’adresse qu’aux personnes très malades. « Je croyais que mon diabète n’était pas grave et qu’il est bien maîtrisé. Pourquoi dois-je suivre un programme d’éducation en matière de diabète? Je vois mon médecin ou infirmière praticienne plusieurs ...

Many patients aren’t sure if a Diabetes Education Program (DEP) is meant for them. Surely it’s only for the really sick people. “I thought my diabetes was only mild and that it was well controlled so why should I go to the Diabetes Education Program?  I see my Doctor/ Nurse Practitioner several times a year – isn’t that enough?” I’ve ...

  It is said that we are six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps “six degrees of separation”. That tenuous type of connection led to this article. When the Nipigon River Bridge failed, Wawa-news covered the ...