HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS HEALTH SERVICES

• Haliburton Highlands Health Services president and CEO takes medical leave of absence

  Veronica Nelson, vice-president and chief operating officer at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, will be interim CEO and president at Haliburton Highlands Health Services.

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  Jun 12
  
• Residents vow to keep fighting as Minden, Ont., emergency department closes

  Despite efforts to save it, on Thursday the emergency department at the hospital site in Minden, Ont., closed, with services are being consolidated with the site in Haliburton.

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  Jun 1
  
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• Injunction against Minden ER closure scrapped; businesses ask province to intervene

  The emergency department in Minden, Ont., is scheduled to close June 1. Local residents and businesses continue to fight the decision.

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  May 30
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• Fight to save ER in Minden, Ont. reaches Lhotse, world’s 4th highest mountain

  Canadian-Belarusian mountaineer Liliya Ianovskaia managed to reach the summit of Lhotse in Nepal on May 24 and held up a Canadian flag bearing the words 'Save Minden ER.'

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  May 26
• Critics blast Ontario government for ‘inaction’ on Minden ER closure set for June 1

  Ontario NDPs and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling on the government to intervene on the planned closure of the ER in Minden on June 1, 2023.

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  May 25
• Minden, Ont., residents hope legal challenge will stop local emergency room from closing

  Haliburton Highlands Health Services announced in April that the ER at its Minden location would close as of June 1.

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  May 22
• Minden mayor asks health board to resign after ER consolidation plan revealed

  The Minden ER is scheduled to close June 1 with all services to be consolidated with the hospital in Haliburton.

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  May 16
• Minden, Ont. residents ask minister to impose 1-year moratorium on ER closure

  A petition with more than 17,100 signatures was brought to the Ontario legislature on Wednesday to fight the June 1 planned closure of the ER in Minden.

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  May 10
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• ‘Sea of Yellow’ expected at Queen’s Park to fight Minden ER closure

  The Minden ER is slated to close on June 1 following an announcement on April 20 by the Haliburton Highlands Health Services Board.

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  May 8
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• Future of Minden helipad uncertain as ER slated to close June 1

  Data from Ornge shows over the past five years, nearly 40 per cent of air ambulance landings for the Haliburton Highlands Health Services were at the Minden helipad.

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  May 3