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Possible exposure to COVID-19 on Polar Bear Express
Please click here to view the news release.
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Happy Nurse Practitioners Week!
Let’s take the time to appreciate all our Nurse Practitioners at the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority. We truly appreciate your hard work and dedication!
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Honoring our Veterans this Remembrance Day
Source: www.veterans.gc.ca The First World War raged from 1914 to 1918 and more than 4,000 Indigenous people served in uniform during the conflict. It was a remarkable response and in some areas, one in three able-bodied men would volunteer. Indeed, some communities (such as the Head of the Lake Band in British Columbia) saw every man between…
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Ontario Adding 129 Hospital Beds Across Northern Ontario
Investment will Increase Hospital Capacity, Reduce Surgical Backlogs and Improve Access to Care KENORA ― The Ontario government is providing $116.5 million to create up to 766 more beds at 32 hospitals and alternate health facilities across the province. This investment will help reduce surgical backlogs and improve access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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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.