2020 News
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Celebrating Medical Radiation Technologist week (November 8-14)
Canada’s Medical Radiation Technologists are caring professionals, high-tech specialists, and essential members of your healthcare team. In fact, we’re the very image of care. People assume Radiology is just people taking pictures and that’s it. Sadly it’s not. It’s scanning a woman who just had an abnormal mammogram and it is getting a second look.…
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Movember: Raising Awareness on Men’s Health
Source of article: https://ca.movember.com/about/cause Men’s health is in crisis. Men are dying on average 6 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons. Unchecked, prostate cancer rates will double over the next 15 years. Globally, testicular cancer is the most common cancer among men aged 15-39 years of age. And across the world, one…
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Happy Halloween WAHA!
Stay safe and warm this Halloween Season!
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Farewell, Frank Turner
In recognition of Frank turners many years of service at WAHA, we sound the horn to support you during this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
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Celebrating Patient Safety Awareness Week
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. During this week, IHI seeks to advance important discussions locally and globally, and inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system — for patients and the workforce. Patient Safety Awareness Week serves…
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Happy National Pharmacy Assistant’s Day!
The Executive Team at WAHA would like to thank the Pharmacy Department for their hard work and dedication on October 20th, 2020.
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WAHA thanks mega-partners at Thunder Airlines
Thunder Airlines has been a true supporter and has been an essential part of the Executive Team at the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA). On October 16, 2020, WAHA expressed their sincerest gratitude towards their mega- partners at Thunder Airlines.
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WAHA Launches New Electronic Patient Incident Management System
The Quality Department at the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) launched a new software tool known as the Harris Emerald Incident Management System (EIMS) on September 14th, 2020. It is a system that reports, resolves and prevents patient and organizational incident events. According to the Quality Department, “Implementing this system, is a milestone achievement…
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Celebrating WAHA’s 10th and WGH’s 70th: WAHA KFC Lunch
On October 7, 2020, the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority ended its weeklong celebration by hosting a luncheon serving KFC to its staff members. KFC was served across all sites including Moosonee, Attawapiskat and Fort Albany.
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Celebrating WAHA’s 10th and WGH’s 70th: Traditional Food Tasting
On October 6th, 2020, the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) honoured Indigenous culture by hosting a traditional food tasting event across all sites. In order to honour culture, traditional food such as goose, moose stew, and fresh baked bannock was served across sites including Attawapiskat, Moosonee, Fort Albany and Moose Factory.