Health
University of Toronto medical students experienced rural medicine in Kawartha Lakes
Forty-two University of Toronto medical students were in attendance at The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and the Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) sixth annual Rural Medicine Community Experience Day.
Ross Memorial Hospital first in Ontario to use new hip replacement implant technology
Ross Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in Ontario to use an Insignia femoral stem implant in hip arthroplasty surgery.
Doctoring a solution
Thousands of local residents have no family doctor. Here’s why – and what we must do to get more.
One of the most pressing problems facing Kawartha Lakes is the lack of family doctors willing to practise in the area.
New doctor in Kinmount
Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to share Kinmount District Health Services Foundation’s (KDHSF) announcement that Dr. Lesslie Ponraja will be joining the healthcare team at the Kinmount and District Health Centre.
Kawartha Lakes to lose two more family doctors in June
The job of doctor recruitment for the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) has just become more challenging with the loss of two family doctors who will be closing their practice located in Lindsay in June of 2023.
Family doctors say paperwork getting in the way of primary care
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) retention committee spent the fall interviewing family practitioners from across the city.
Health sciences program concludes first semester with LCVI students
The first semester of Ross Memorial Hospital’s Health Sciences Program, in partnership with Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute, concluded last week.
