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Stricter provincial rules are necessary to slow COVID surge: Health unit

Published on April 16, 2021 in Health by Roderick Benns

Dr. Bocking, Medical Officer of Health at HKPRDHU

Extremely difficult, but absolutely necessary.

That is the reaction of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPRDHU) to new, tougher restrictions announced today by the Ontario government to try slowing surging COVID-19 case counts in the province. With many hospitals, ICU units, health care providers, and public health agencies (like HKPRDHU) facing overwhelming pressures due to COVID-19, additional action has to be taken now.

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Kawartha Lakes closer to connected care with designated Ontario Health Team

Published on November 19, 2020 in Health by Lindsay Advocate

Residents of Kawartha Lakes are one step closer to experiencing more connected care in our community, as several health and service providers have been working together to form the Kawartha Lakes Ontario Health Team (KL-OHT).

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Mental health has suffered during pandemic but help is available

Published on September 3, 2020 in Health/Opinion by Jack Veitch

Every year approximately 4,000 Canadians die by suicide, averaging nearly 11 people every single day.

Suicide has been an issue that has impacted all genders, races and ethnicities around the world for centuries. However, with the onset of a global pandemic in early 2020, suicide measurements also saw a change.

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Kawartha Lakes Ontario Health Team gets closer to fruition

Published on July 23, 2020 in Health by Lindsay Advocate

The Kawartha Lakes Ontario Health Team (KL-OHT) today announced that it has been invited to complete a full Ontario Health Team (OHT) application by the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Ontario Health Teams are being introduced to provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local communities, according to the Ontario Health Team website.

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Remembering the polio epidemic of 1951

Published on June 27, 2020 in Just in Time by Ian McKechnie

In the late summer of 1951, a young man named Harold Mitchell journeyed to the Canadian National Exhibition with some friends.

To a lad from Wilberforce, a trip to Toronto’s annual extravaganza would have been quite an outing – what with all of its colourful midway rides, mouth-watering aromas wafting from hamburger stands, and awe-inspiring entertainers offering quite the contrast to the quieter environs of rural Haliburton County.

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RMH to receive 5 per cent increase in funding from province

Published on June 11, 2020 in Health/Provincial by Lindsay Advocate

Ross Memorial Hospital will higher annualized funding, according to a press release from the province.

“This investment provides a five per cent increase of over $3.7 million in funding for Ross Memorial Hospital and a two per cent increase of more than $199,000 for Haliburton Highlands Health Services Corporation,” says MPP Laurie Scott in the release.

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Five area hospitals partner to ramp up non-urgent care

Published on May 29, 2020 in Health by Lindsay Advocate

Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH), Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS), Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH), Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) have now received formal approval from Ontario Health (OH) to move forward with a regional plan to begin resuming non-urgent surgeries, procedures and tests.

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Get tested for virus, says RMH, with just one symptom or if you’re at risk

Published on May 26, 2020 in Health by Lindsay Advocate

The Chief Medical Officer of Health has issued expanded guidance on Ontario’s testing strategy to provide COVID-19 testing for:

All people with at least one symptom of COVID-19, even if mild symptoms
Asymptomatic people have been exposed to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
Asymptomatic people who are at risk of exposure to COVID-19 through their employment

The COVID-19 Assessment Centre phone lines are open from 8a.m.-4p.m. daily.

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Assembling the puzzle of public health to keep community safe

Published on May 6, 2020 in Health/Opinion by Lindsay Advocate

Kristina Nairn, public health nurse, HKPR District Health Unit

Phones are an essential tool in the fight against COVID-19. For weeks now, health unit nurses and other staff have worked the phones on days, evenings and weekends. Initially, it was answering hundreds of your questions/concerns. Recently, our focus has shifted to doing follow-ups and regular check-ins with people and places affected by the coronavirus.

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Medical help is available during the pandemic

Published on May 4, 2020 in Community by Lindsay Advocate

Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI), along with local primary health care providers, is reminding Kawartha Lakes citizens that support is available for their general and emergency health concerns during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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