Hamilton Health Sciences
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Ongoing worker shortage means long wait times for service at Hamilton hospitals, say officialsAs of mid-June, service impacts and increasingly high wait times are the norm for Hamilton’s hospitals as record-high health-care worker and physician shortages persist.HealthJul 21
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Guardians of patients at McMaster Children’s Hospital among early adopters of new data systemAn executive with Hamilton Health Sciences says a new text-message platform appears to have caught the appeal of parents who have children going through surgery.HealthJun 29
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Volunteer-led Hamilton Health Sciences kids club teaching STEM skills through roboticsA volunteer with a Hamilton children’s health centre initiative is teaching kids how to apply basic science, technology and math skills to build and program robotics.EducationJun 16
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Hamilton Health Sciences’ new patient data system won’t track demographic data upon launchThere are concerns from local advocates and health-care professionals that Hamilton Health Sciences' new patient data system won't be collecting race-based data when it launches.HealthJun 3
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More children seeking emergency treatment in Hamilton as viruses circulateThe number of kids being taken to the emergency room spiked to more than 230 on Monday, and Hamilton Health Sciences said that is resulting in longer than normal wait times.HealthMay 20
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McMaster Children’s Hospital joins plea for action plan amid long surgical waitlist for youthHHS' Bruce Squires revealed 1,300 youths are currently on the waitlist for procedures in Hamilton health facilities with significant impact on their physical and mental well-being.HealthMay 6
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Hamilton Health Sciences postponing surgeries, resuming transfers amid new ‘capacity pressures’Hamilton's largest hospital network has once again ramped down it's non-urgent surgical activity amid more pressures due to COVID-19 admissions.HealthApr 29
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Hamilton ICU doctor believes his bout with COVID could’ve been worse if not for vaccinesAfter avoiding COVID for close to two years, Hamilton General’s ICU boss says he was bedridden for a couple days in March after testing positive.HealthApr 25
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Province gives Hamilton Health Sciences more than $20M to upgrade Juravinski, General hospitalsHamilton Health Sciences is getting more than $20 million from the provincial government for upgrades to the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre and Hamilton General Hospital.HealthApr 20
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Hamilton’s West End Urgent Care Clinic reopens as COVID-19 cases decline in local hospitalsHamilton's West End Urgent Care Clinic, closed in mid-January in order to deploy much-needed staff to acute care wards amid a spike in COVID Omicron cases, is reopening.HealthMar 23
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