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Posted Monday, February 10, 2025

The Brilliant Catalyst’s annual ideathon connects to PATH initiative between both organizations

OSHAWA, ONTARIO – Ontario Tech University students are using artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to propose innovative solutions for key health-care challenges, in collaboration with Lakeridge Health and the Brilliant Catalyst , Ontario Tech’s entrepreneurship and innovation hub.
Brilliant Catalyst joined forces with the Partnership for...

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Posted Wednesday, January 01, 2025

First baby born in Durham Region in 2025 Durham Region – New Year’s Day has brought good news with the arrival of the first baby of 2025 in Durham Region born at Oshawa Hospital at 1:56 a.m.
Proud parents Navethra Goviandarasu and Rathnagiri Athiannan are excited to welcome their first child, a female, who weighed five pounds, twelve ounces at birth. The family is still deciding on the child’s name.
The parents are grateful for the tremendous support and compassion they received from the team...

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Posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Durham Region – In a world where keeping patient information and data safe is more important than ever, Lakeridge Health is proud to announce it is the first* health-care system in Canada to earn both the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification – the global gold standards for information security management and privacy information management systems.
“We’re thrilled that Lakeridge Health is the first health-care...

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Posted Friday, November 29, 2024

Durham Region – For the second time, Lakeridge Health has earned a prestigious distinction, being recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) as one of only 77 hospitals in North America to achieve the highly coveted “Meritorious” status for excellence in surgical care.
“I’m so thrilled for Lakeridge Health’s surgical teams,” said Dr. John Dickie, Chief of Surgery, Lakeridge...

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Posted Thursday, November 07, 2024

(Durham Region) – NOVEMBER 7, 2024  – Lakeridge Health is proud to announce that it has been recognized with two significant awards from Ontario Health’s Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) – Ontario’s organ and tissue donation agency – as part of the 2023/2024 Hospital Achievement Awards.
This past year, Lakeridge Health teams supported 13 organ donors, leading to 42 life-saving transplants that gave 38 people a second chance at...

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