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Adults 40 and older now eligible for AstraZeneca vaccine

WebThere were as many as 4,000 people on the store’s waitlist earlier this month. People eligible to receive a vaccine offered by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, and those who are eligible to book through the province’s portal, should use those resources, Watt said.

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Vaccine clinics specifically for children scheduled for upcoming

WebA full local vaccination clinic schedule can be found at the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s website.. In a media release, the health unit said appointments are required for children ages five to 11 and can be booked as of Nov. 23 through the province’s COVID-19 vaccination portal online or by calling the provincial vaccine contact centre at 1-833-943 …

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Health unit commends Peninsula FHT for COVID-19 efforts

WebIn collaboration with Public Health, the Peninsula FHT, led by a small group of physicians and executive director Pamela Loughlean, rolled out a mass vaccination effort that has enabled the team to provide a two-dose vaccine series to 96 per cent of eligible patients and first boosters to 90 per cent of eligible patients, according to a news release …

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Pandemic's effects continue to wane in Grey-Bruce

WebDr. Ian Arra, medical officer of health for the Grey Bruce Public Health, speaks to the media in Owen Sound on Jan. 15, 2021 after the first Grey County resident received a COVID-19 vaccination.

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Health unit sees heightened flu activity in Grey-Bruce

WebThe health unit was reporting a number of active respiratory outbreaks in Grey-Bruce on its website on Wednesday, including two influenza A outbreaks at Trillium Court long-term care in Kincardine and Summit Place long-term care in Owen Sound. There were also four active COVID-19 outbreaks in the region. Story continues below.

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The Wiarton Echo Local Businesses

WebThe Wiarton Echo Local Businesses. Total-Body Mole Mapping by Queen Street Medical. Published on April 16th (Expired Offer) Medical. Total-Body Mole Mapping. Queen Street Medical. Publication Date: 04-16-2024 (Expired) Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home & Chape by Thomas C. Whitcroft Funeral Home & Chapel. Published on April 16th.

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Wiarton Echo Life Food, Recipes, Travel, Health, Homes, …

WebChorney-Booth: Ryuko spreads its wings with new west Calgary location. When Ryuko, a popular restaurant centred around the more delicate nuances of Japanese cuisine, opened in a high turnover location beside Lake Bonavista in 2022, diners in the south were thrilled to have a downtown-calibre spot close by.

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Two new COVID-19 hospital outbreaks in Chatham-Kent

WebCare partner access on other units is unchanged. “Since the onset of this pandemic, (the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance) has taken decisive and immediate action with the ever-evolving dynamics of COVID-19 in our community,” the news release said.

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COVID cases in Huron-Perth suddenly on the rise; vaccine …

WebAlthough provincial numbers can vary slightly from health unit data due to the way the information is collected, medical officer of health Dr. Miriam Klassen has been using Ontario Health figures to compare Huron-Perth’s caseload to the rest of the province.

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Hospital foundation gives more than $900,000 to improve care

WebMore than $900,000 in donations to the Caring for Tomorrow Endowment Fund were distributed recently to improve health care at Owen Sound hospital, Brightshores Health System Owen Sound Foundation announced. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The endowment contributed $919,640, which helps pay …

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GBHS names GTA hospital executive new president and CEO

WebThe Grey Bruce Health Services board of directors announced the appointment of Ann Ford to the position of president and CEO in a media release Wednesday. Ford has over 30 years of executive healthcare leadership experience and is currently the executive vice president of corporate services and integrated health …

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Durham residents organize to 'save hospital' Wiarton Echo

WebA group of Durham residents and the Grey Bruce Health Coalition are fighting to save the Durham hospital as they know it. In a move that stunned residents and some county politicians, the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors and CEO Nancy Shaw announced that 10 in-patient beds at the Durham hospital site will be moved to …

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Bruce Power will be tapped for healthcare pilot project funding

WebThe pilot project goals are to keep ERs open 24/7 and provide enough resources so every resident has a family physician, Roote said. “The $150,000 annual funding ask to Bruce Power would be shared with the Municipality of Kincardine,” she said, adding the same report would be presented to Kincardine council April 10. Story …

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Inpatient beds at Durham hospital moving to Walkerton and …

WebThe South Bruce Grey Health Centre is moving all 10 in-patient beds from its Durham hospital to sites in Walkerton and Kincardine in June as the hospital organization aims to stabilize operations amid a worsening staff shortage. The Durham Hospital will continue to operate for urgent and emergent care needs daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., …

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Drive raises money for ECG devices Wiarton Echo

WebThe current ECG devices are at the end of their life span, in fact, they are no longer supported for replacement parts and services. An ECG device quickly collects information transmitted from 12 to 18 leads attached to the patient and generates a graph of cardiac electrical activity that shows the heart rate, rhythm pattern and other information …

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Physician recruitment organization sparks conversation with …

WebJoin the conversation. Sauble Wiarton MD Quest, a volunteer physician recruitment organization, has teamed up with the Town of South Bruce Peninsula to purchase two billboards along Highway 6 heading to the Bruce Peninsula for the year with the hope of driving the conversation about the need for doctors in the area. Greg …

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Wiarton municipal candidate has well-defined platform, ready to …

WebCaleb Hull, a Wiarton native, is running for a councillor position in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula in the fall municipal election. Submitted photo. Having grown up in Wiarton, Caleb Hull has plenty of ideas on how to make his home community better – and he’d like to be elected as councillor in South Bruce Peninsula to do that.

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