The latest Health stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
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.
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) retention committee spent the fall interviewing family practitioners from across the city.
The first semester of Ross Memorial Hospital’s Health Sciences Program, in partnership with Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute, concluded last week.
A local woman is fed up with the ongoing challenges in the provincial healthcare system, especially the lack of over-the-counter medications and timely access to seeing a doctor.
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes are pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Morrison and Dr. Nivi Navaratnam have joined the Community Health Centre team.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR District Health Unit) Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Natalie Bocking, is strongly recommending that residents within Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County and Northumberland County wear masks at indoor public settings.
Ross Memorial Hospital was declared in a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak today by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District (HKPR) Health Unit.
A Lindsay nursing home says it will address compliance issues quickly with the help of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Caressant Care Lindsay nursing home has been ordered to stop accepting new residents.
Ross Memorial Hospital officials announced today that FLATO Developments is donating $3 million dollars to support the digital transformation of patient care and enhancement of services at the Lindsay hospital.
A book published by the Ottawa Huron Tract History Association -- A History of Pandemics in Kawartha Lakes -- tells the stories of pandemics in our community from the very old to present day.
Commonwell CEO Tim Shauf knows well the important role donors play in patient care when critical capital projects are needed in communities of this size.
Ross Memorial Hospital is impressing upon the local community the severity of the challenges the hospital is facing today due to high patient volumes and a second COVID-19 outbreak.
Two Bobcaygeon long-term care homes and one Lindsay retirement home are a few of the local connections involved in a province-wide quest to boost numbers of personal support workers.
As part of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspector’s national awareness campaign, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is highlighting the work of its 16 Public Health Inspectors (PHI) in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and Northumberland County.
Water is an essential part of life. We drink it, bathe in it, and during the hot summer days we swim, play and enjoy recreational activities in it.
Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Luke Johnson will begin practicing with the Kawartha North Family Health Team (KNFHT) at their Fenelon Falls clinic starting in July.
Ross Memorial Hospital and Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Services are partnering to implement a new program called Fit2Sit beginning on May 30 that will help reduce delays and allow paramedics to get back into service within the community faster.
With the support of the Ontario government, more Kawartha Lakes seniors are being supported to stay safely in their homes while awaiting long-term care through the city's community paramedic program, according to a media release.
Kelly Isfan, president and CEO of Ross Memorial Hospital, issued a statement following ‘Bill PR65 2022 - An Act respecting the Ross Memorial Hospital’ passing third reading in the Ontario Legislature today.
The Ontario government is building 63 new and 65 upgraded beds at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon.
A similar bill was proposed in 2020, known as “Private Bill 21,” which saw hundreds of people gathered in a meeting at the Lindsay Recreation Centre determined to stop it from passing. File photo.
