{"id":15100,"date":"2018-08-28T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2018-08-28T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:30:12","slug":"ontario-northland-medical-travel-becomes-more-convenient-with-six-new-stops-at-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/28\/ontario-northland-medical-travel-becomes-more-convenient-with-six-new-stops-at-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Northland &#8211; Medical Travel Becomes More Convenient with  Six New Stops at Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving health care services in Northern Ontario often requires travel for patients and their families. Rather than driving or finding a ride, Ontario Northland is providing scheduled daily service to many of the region\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a transportation need in the North, and we met the need by developing this service,\u201d states Tracy MacPhee, Director of Passenger Operations. \u201cOur team is very proud to be providing this essential service to Northerners. The safety and the comfort of the bus, and the customer-focused drivers, will be beneficial as passengers travel back and forth to medical appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatients and families served by our hospital have told us that care close to home is important to them.\u00a0 Having Ontario Northland bus service right at our door provides a safe and reliable transportation option for those who may not have access to personal vehicles or who want to leave the driving to someone else,\u201d says Ron Gagnon, President and CEO, Sault Area Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 2018, Ontario Northland has drop off and pick up locations at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sudbury Health Sciences North<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>North Bay Regional Health Centre<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Timmins and District Hospital<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sault Area Hospital (excluding Saturdays)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Temiskaming Hospital<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Englehart and District Hospital<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For schedules and more info call 1.800.461.8558 or visit ontarionorthland.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving health care services in Northern Ontario often requires travel for patients and their families. Rather than driving or finding a ride, Ontario Northland is providing scheduled daily service to many of the region\u2019s hospitals. \u201cThere was a transportation need in the North, and we met the need by developing this service,\u201d states Tracy MacPhee, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1156],"class_list":["post-15100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-ontario-northland"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 21:30:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15101,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions\/15101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}