Northern Lights Regional Health Centre

• ‘Happy to be here’: N.L. health-care workers help expand Fort McMurray’s ICU

  N.L. critical care nurse Jennifer Richard is one of a seven-person team assisting with COVID-19 patients at Fort McMurray's Northern Lights Regional Health Centre.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2021
  
• Mayor concerned by plan to move some seniors out of Fort McMurray hospital during COVID-19 crisis

  Wood Buffalo's mayor says he has written to Alberta's health minister to raise concerns about seniors being moved out of a hospital in Fort McMurray to make sure there are enough beds to be ready for potential COVID-19 cases.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2020
  
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• Contractor injured performing maintenance at oilsands site near Fort McMurray

  Syncrude said a contractor was performing routine maintenance early Thursday at the Mildred Lake upgrader complex near Fort McMurray when there was "an incident."

  Jun 8, 2017
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• Fort McMurray hospital’s cancer clinic reopens after wildfire

  Health officials say residents of a northern Alberta city ravaged by wildfire in May now have access to most of the health-care services that were available before the blaze.

  Health

  Jul 12, 2016
• Fort McMurray hospital sees first baby born since wildfire evacuations

  As the only hospital in Fort McMurray is still taking its own baby steps to try and return to normal following last month's wildfire, staff at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre helped deliver a baby for the first time on Friday since re-opening.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2016
• Air quality advisory lifted for Fort McMurray following wildfire

  AHS said Tuesday air monitoring has shown the community is no longer being significantly impacted by smoke from the wildfires.

  Environment

  Jun 14, 2016
• Northern Lights centre begins offering core health services in Fort McMurray

  On Monday, the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre began offering core health services, including inpatient, intensive care, pediatric and psychiatry services.

  Environment

  Jun 13, 2016
• Fort McMurray residents will return to community with access to health care thanks to unique facility

  Thanks to a unique facility put together in an incredibly short period of time, the first wave of wildfire evacuees to return to Fort McMurray next month will have access to a surprisingly wide range of health care services.

  Health

  May 25, 2016
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• ‘We got the job done’: Nurse describes Fort McMurray hospital evacuation

  Nurse Sherrie Whiffen says staff at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray practice evacuating the hospital every year, but she never had to do the real thing until Tuesday night.

  Canada

  May 5, 2016
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• 9 babies from intensive care unit evacuated from Fort McMurray hospital during fire

  Nine newborns from the neonatal intensive care unit at Fort McMurray's Northern Lights Regional Health Centre were evacuated Tuesday as the entire city was forced to flee due to a raging wildfire.

  Canada

  May 4, 2016