Pic River recognizes National Aboriginal Diabetes Day by Karina Hunter PIC RIVER FIRST NATION,– 05.07.10, National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day was recognized in Pic River with a Diabetes Health Fair and Annual Diabetes Poker Walk last Friday, organized by Community Health Nurse [Read more]
May 11, 2010 9:15 AM McGuinty Government Celebrates National Nursing Week Nurses play a key role in delivering health care and are now using more of their skills to take on diverse roles within the system, benefiting all Ontarians. Since 2003 the government has created more than 10,000 nursing [Read more]
May 10, 2010 9:45 AM McGuinty Government Adding 14 More Clinics, Increasing Access To Care Ontario is calling for applications for 14 new Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics as part of the government’s commitment to increase access to family health care. The call for applications closes on June [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT Health Alert By David Bodunde, Rph Ice for sports injury pain The next time you injure yourself playing sports or exercising, remember the acronym RICE, which stands for rest, ice, compression and elevation. Ice provides relief by slowing the inflammation and swelling that [Read more]
BROWN ANNOUNCES $85,000 FOR FAMILY HEALTH TEAMS QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to announce that the funding letters for the new Family Health Teams’ Development Grant Agreements have been signed. Manitouwadge General Hospital, Chapleau Health Services, and [Read more]
McGuinty Government Adding 30 New Family Health Teams Ontario is calling for applications for 30 new Family Health Teams (FHTs), which will help increase access to family health care for Ontarians. New Family Health Team applicants will be selected from health care providers and/or community [Read more]
Expanding Access To Family Health Care by Karina Hunter This afternoon, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews will be joined by Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi at the University of Ottawa Health Services Family Health Team offices in Toronto where the pair will be outlining [Read more]
Wilson Memorial General Hospital – Marathon State of the Art Cataract Surgery a Success In March 2006, Wilson Memorial General Hospital (WMGH) in Marathon, Ontario, made the significant commitment to offer cataract surgery. Now patients and caregivers do not have to travel to [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to the Northshore, for dates/locations, click on the link to the town nearest you… Manitouwadge www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11613 Nipigon www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11618 [Read more]
McGuinty Government Marks Emergency Preparedness Week Emergency Preparedness Week is a great opportunity for families across the province to take a look at how prepared they would be should an emergency situation occur. It is a Canada-wide joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Municipal initiative [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT INSOMNIA By David Bodunde, Rph Insomnia is difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep or both and may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. The symptoms include being unable to fall asleep, stay asleep, waking up very early or not feeling refreshed after [Read more]
Le loi proposé par le gouvernement McGuinty mettrait les patients au premier plan L’Ontario propose de nouvelles initiatives exhaustives afin d’améliorer la qualité et la reddition de comptes au sein du système de santé de la province et de s’assurer que les besoins des [Read more]
McGuinty Government’s Proposed Act Would Put Patients First Ontario is proposing comprehensive new initiatives to improve the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system and ensure the needs of patients come first. Later today, the province will introduce the [Read more]
Seeing Diabetes education in the North by Karina Hunter The Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) has partnered with the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative being funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to bring screening and education [Read more]
Men & Women taking action against cancer by Karina Hunter Last night at the Manitouwadge General Hospital an information session was held titled “Men and Women taking action against cancer” presented by Kiri Butter and Andrea Smith, representatives of the Canadian Cancer Society’s [Read more]
