Like elsewhere in the province, Grey Bruce is experiencing increased reports of respiratory illness. Since mid-December, there have been seven respiratory outbreaks, including five influenza outbreaks in long-term care facilities. There are another 26 lab-confirmed influenza cases in the community as well as significant numbers of respiratory and gastrointestinal illness. This widespread sickness is having an impact on area hospitals due to increased admissions.
"People need to know how easy it is for these illnesses to spread. The impact on vulnerable individuals in hospitals, seniors' facilities and on young children can be devastating." says Alanna Leffley, Senior Epidemiologist at the Grey Bruce Health Unit. "Please stay
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The Owen Sound Campus will remain closed this evening, Thursday, Jan. 19. Power has been restored and the campus will open as normal on Friday, Jan. 20.
At Owen Sound Campus over the noon hour today (Thursday, Jan. 19), a 100-amp breaker failed. When breakers blow, they make a loud bang and this did – there was not an explosion, but the breaker failure did scorch the electrical switchboard and this will need repairs.
The cause of the power outage appears to have been a loose connection that overheated and caused the failure.
Grey Bruce Health Services' (GBHS) is part of the South West Stroke Project, which is realigning stroke care in the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) area to ensure people who have a stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack or mini-stroke) receive the...
On January 17, 2017, Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a stolen wallet from an unlocked vehicle on Sideroad 30 in the Municipality of Grey Highlands. The theft is believed to have occurred sometime ...
Over the past several months, Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) staff and physicians have worked on a number of potential measures to reduce the organizations' growing operating deficit. The GBHS Board of Directors met to assess these options last Friday, and has asked for more information on the options. The Board will re-convene at the end of February.
The Board recognizes the importance of health care to our communities, and has re-confirmed that no decisions will be made on any of the options for reducing the defici until internal and external stakeholders have been consulted. A schedule of public engagement sessions will be available in early Spring.
After six years of balanced budgets, GBHS, which operates six hospitals and a withdrawal management centre, is facing ...
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