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Annual General Meeting includes new Local Health Care Hero Award and recognition of Dr. George Blake
Ajax, ON – Lakeridge Health celebrated a year of transformational change at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) June 21, 2018 at Ajax Pickering Hospital. The AGM opened with a traditional smudging ceremony in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, included key highlights of 2017/18 and looked ahead at new and exciting opportunities for 2018/19.
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Recent Upgrades Include Enhancements to the Emergency Department and Diagnostic Imaging
Durham Region – Lakeridge Health today announced that Port Perry Hospital will begin to deliver care and treatment to patients the morning of September 5, 2018. A fire last August damaged the hospital’s mechanical and electrical systems, forcing a temporary closure.
Over the past year, a number of upgrades have been made to the hospital, including:
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First-of-its-kind event promotes care closer to home
Durham Region – On Saturday, primary care physicians in West Durham came together with Lakeridge Health physicians in a first-of-its-kind event designed to find ways to deliver improved access to excellent health care closer to home.
More than 75 West Durham primary care and Ajax Pickering Hospital physicians attended the event to build and strengthen partnerships, engage in best practice delivery of care...
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New video outlines improvements to the hospital’s New Life Centre Durham Region – Improving the overall patient experience is an important component of our ongoing commitment to restore and reopen Port Perry Hospital. As work continues, a new video released today highlights the partnership between Lakeridge Health and the Port Perry Hospital Foundation and the improvements underway to enhance the experience at the hospital’s New Life Centre.
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Dr. Randy Wax honoured for his work with Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences at Lakeridge Health.
Oshawa – Dr. Randy Wax has been selected by the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) to receive a 2018 Certificate of Merit Award, recognizing excellence and commitment to medical education.
Dr. Wax is the Regional Director of Clinical Education at Lakeridge Health, where he oversees the training of more than 240 medical students and residents...
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