Apr 2, 2020 By: Mark Pare It was an all-encompassing conversation on the state of hospitals in Waterloo Region, dealing with hurdles they might be facing in the fight against COVID-19. The three President and CEO’s of our hospitals — Ron Gagnon of Grand River Hospital, Lee Fairclough of St. Mary’s General Hospital and Patrick […]
News Release – St. Mary’s General Hospital St. Mary’s Regional Cardiac Care Centre in Kitchener is sharing its expertise to support care providers in small community hospitals and limit travel for patients who need a common cardiac test called an echocardiogram. Dr. Heather Warren, Director of Echocardiography at St. Mary’s, said some patients requiring these […]
Representatives from healthcare organizations across the province gathered on January 23, 2020, to learn about St. Joseph’s Health System (SJHS)’s Integrated Comprehensive Care (ICC) program and how evidence-based models of Integrated Care could be applied in their organizations to support their Ontario Health Teams. The event is the first in a series of educational seminars, […]
On Friday, January 17, neuroscience researchers from around the world, including a delegation from the world-renowned Pasteur Institute in Paris and the University of Bordeaux, will be at St. Joe’s West 5th Campus for St. Joe’s Clinical Neuroscience Symposium. Tomorrow’s symposium will focus on cellular and immune system processes related to mood disorders, such as depression […]
You can look up the average length of time it will take to see a doctor or nurse practitioner in Hamilton’s Emergency Departments (ED) and Urgent Care Centres (UCC). St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences are now posting wait times at HamiltonEmergencyWaitTimes.ca. The wait times are updated every 15 minutes and will also […]
St. Mary’s General Hospital is celebrating today after receiving final approval to begin construction of a $13 million redevelopment of its Heart Rhythm Program. The project will bring new electrophysiology and ablation services to St. Mary’s for patients with abnormal heart rhythms, reducing long wait and travel times. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of […]