Ontario Health Coalition not impressed by budget
Ontario’s budget will result in further cuts to all public services, and particularly hospitals, warned Ontario Health Coalition spokespeople as they left the budget lock-up. A Low Tax, Low Service Province BUDGET PLAN: Funding for all programs and services will be held to below 1 per cent increase, less than…
X-ray machine unveiled at Wallaceburg Sydenham Campus
Continuing to offer high-quality access to diagnostic imaging services to the community of Chatham-Kent, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) has acquired a new state-of-the-art dual detector x-ray machine and suite. Today, CKHA hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new system. The new Horizon x-ray unit which includes the two Canon…
Knowing your healthcare options over the holidays
It happens to all of us. The holiday season arrives and brings with it a stomach ache, flu or cold. It can make the holidays miserable. The only thing worse than feeling sick over Christmas is thinking that if your symptoms don’t improve, your only option for care is the…
LHIN invests in respite care for Chatham-Kent
Seniors, and their families, in Chatham-Kent now have access to more respite care programs thanks to an investment by the Erie St. Clair LHIN (ESC LHIN). One of the main challenges to providing care for seniors at home, is caregiver burn out. The new funding helps seniors continue to live…
Letter: Anger, outrage about orthopedic funding at CKHA
To the Editor: I am writing to add my voice to those who are expressing outrage and anger about the purposeful lack of appropriate funding to the orthopedic program at the Chatham Kent Health Alliance. The funding model now being used by the provincial government, and its’ LHIN system is…
Dresden Medical Centre holds grand opening, see pics
The Dresden Medical Centre had its official grand opening on Saturday with a BBQ, ribbon cutting and various activities at the new facility. Dr. John Payne, who is setting up his practice at the facility, says the new Medical Centre has a true home-town feel. “When you walk in, first…
Community Health Week in full swing
As part of Community Health Week, the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centre is keeping busy at their Wallaceburg location. Tonight, they are holding an open house from 4-6 at their new 808 Dufferin Avenue location. Kristen Williams, executive director at the Centre, says a variety of services are now offered at…
North Kent Mutual raises $160,000 for Dresden Medical Centre
North Kent Mutual has wrapped up their fundraising campaign for the Dresden Medical Centre. In total, they collected over $108,000 in donations in a two-week span. The most recent donations came this morning when Dresden Foodland handed over a $10,000 cheque towards the cause. Combined with the matching funds of…
C-K hiring health ambassador
Chatham-Kent is looking at hiring a Health Ambassador for the community. The person would look at various municipal policies using a health lense, on top of building and understanding political and stakeholder relationships. The person would work under CAO Don Shropshire, and the salary would be between $58,000 to $66,000.…
C-K women donate pillow cases to hospital
This week, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) youngest patients in the Women & Children’s Health department received a special gift from a group of six generous and talented Chatham-Kent residents. Through a project launched in 2011 by Wilma Noordam, children receiving in-patient care at CKHA’s Chatham and Sydenham Campuses will now…
Addictions clinic coming to Wallaceburg
A brand new addictions clinic is coming to Wallaceburg. Dr. Dale Pepper, a local emergency room physician with 25 years of practice experience, is opening a clinic on Tuesday. It’ll be housed at the pharmacy at 1044 Dufferin Ave. The clinic will be open Tuesday’s 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
Letter: How to dismantle a hospital
To The Editor: Dalton McGuinty is smiling. His plan to savage hospitals, and move health services from hospitals into the community, and into the arms of private companies, is coming true. All over Ontario, hospitals are working to eliminate their budget deficits; hospital employees are being told to do more…
MPP McNaughton not happy with hospital cuts
Today, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex PC MPP Monte McNaughton responded to recent cuts announced by the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. The Alliance is facing a $5 million deficit and has recently announced cuts to both staffing and beds to help reduce the growing shortfall. McNaughton urged a two-pronged solution including further cuts to administration…
CKHA laying off staff, removing beds; Listen to CEO Colin Patey
In order to avoid a future $5 million deficit, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is cutting back 23. 5 staff and removing 22 beds. At the Sydenham Campus in Wallaceburg, 10 medicine beds are being removed and point of care testing will be implemented in the ER, resulting in two-full time…
Layoffs coming to Chatham-Kent Health Alliance?
Layoffs could be coming to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Shirley Roebuck, chair of the Chatham-Kent Health Coalition says 10 beds will be axed from the complex-continuing care unit of the Sydenham Campus in Wallaceburg, resulting in an unspecified number of job losses. She added the point of care devices will…
LHIN holding meeting in Wallaceburg; Imagine Project on agenda
Members of the Save Our Sydenham committee are set to be in attendance today (June 26), at the regular meeting being held by the Erie/St. Clair Local Health Integration Network. The meeting is being held at a different location than usual, as it shifts over to the Oak’s Inn here…
MPP McNaughton calls for Health Minister resignation
Windsor Regional Hospital CEO, David Musyj, has confirmed that the culture at Ontario’s scandal-plagued air ambulance remains one of negligence, incompetence and corruption. “The Minister of Health has refused to heed the warnings of frontline paramedics, pilots and nurses who have repeatedly raised serious concerns about patient safety at Ornge,”…
MPP Nicholls slams Ontario Health Minister
Lost in the multi-million dollar ORNGE scandal were the patients and families affected by the lapse in oversight by Health Minister Deb Matthews, MPP Rick Nicholls said today. Nicholls rose in Question Period to ask the Minister if she would stop hiding behind the good work of the Auditor General…
Ontario freezes doctor wages, update OHIP fees
Ontario is moving toward a real wage freeze for doctors in order to invest more precious health care dollars in community care for families and home care for its many seniors. Patients will get better, frontline patient care including more community care nurses, expanded home care services for at least…
New Doctor joins CKHA team
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) welcomes Dr. James Ade-Conde to our community. Dr. James Ade-Conde is an Obstetrics/Gynaecologist (OB/GYN) who has been practicing for several years abroad. He completed his medical school training in Nigeria and has been a practicing physician in Ireland for a number of years. His specialty is…
Recent Comments