January 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Greater protection against COVID-19 is coming to Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC), since they started sending their staff to Brampton for vaccinations against COVID-19 last Friday.
“The Province has prioritized early doses to those that are most vulnerable. Frontline healthcare workers may be exposed to COVID regularly due to the nature of their work,” noted Danny Williamson, spokesperson for Wellington–Duffering–Guelph (WDG) Public Health.
Rachel Kalas, Registered Nurse at HHCC’s Emergency Department was among the first of the hospitals staff to receive her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
She has been part of the frontline response to the pandemic since its onset; caring for patients and families as well as supporting colleagues.
January 7, 2021 · 0 Comments
Tristan Derek Peter Edwards, who was born at 6:02 a.m. on January 1, weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces, rang in the New Year as the first baby born in 2021 at Headwaters Health Care Centre. Tristan is the first born for mom Simone Edwards, with the support of proud grandmother Sue Edwards.
Photo courtesy of Headwaters
January 7, 2021 · 0 Comments
Written By ALYSSA PARKHILL
local journalism initiative reporter
Each year at Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC), an average of 14,000 residents seek medical assistance due to cardiac concerns at the hospital.
For the second year in a row, Headwaters is hosting the Have a Heart for Headwaters Initiative to raise funds to help cardiac care at the hospital.
“We need the tools and equipment to stabilize these patients before they are either transferred to a partnering hospital for specialized care or being discharged home,” said Kendra Mantler, Coordinator, Community and Corporate Engagement, at Headwaters Health Care Foundation.
Unfortunately, the hospital doesn’t receive government funding to be able to purchase the necessary equipment needed, hence the need of community support coming into play.
The COVID-19 outbreak at Headwaters Health Care Centre is over.
The outbreak was isolated on the hospital’s F-Wing.
There are two patients on the F-Wing with community acquired infections and additional F-Wing staff who became infected on the F-Wing are in quarantine.
Headwaters says the F-Wing will begin accepting admissions as soon as possible.
December 22, 2020 · 0 Comments
Written By PAULA BROWN
Headwaters Health Care Centre has reported the death of two patients who tested positive for COVID-19, as the local hospital continues to face an outbreak of the virus.
Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville announced through a press release last Friday, December 18, that three patients in the medical in-patient unit (F-wing) of the hospital had tested positive for COVID-19. Two patients, one with hospital acquired COVID-19, and another with community acquired have also died.
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) reported two deaths related to COVID-19 in Dufferin County last week. WDGPH communications specialist Danny Williamson said that the individuals were a 56-year-old man and a 90-year-old man.