Health

Rally to save Minden ER to be held tomorrow at village’s fairgrounds

'A catastrophic event that will leave thousands of residents without accessible, emergency health care'

With only 25 days left until the scheduled closing of the Minden Hospital emergency department, opponents of the closure right across the region will hold a rally tomorrow from Noon to 4 pm at the Minden Fairgrounds.

Public rally to be held tomorrow to protest closure of Minden emergency department

Ross Memorial Hospital expects to see more annual visits after closure

Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay is about to get busier than ever.

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.