PEMBROKE The Pembroke Regional Hospital says they are going to be in need of extra hands as vaccinations are set to ramp up at their clinic at the Pembroke Memorial Centre. There are three types of paid positions looking to be filled: vaccinators to give shots, pre-loaders to fill syringes, and pharmacy leads to oversee personnel. “We are quite comfortable with running one clinic per week; we give about 900 or so doses of vaccine,” says Sabine Mersmann, the Senior Vice-President of Clinical and Support Services at the Pembroke hospital. “But once it gets to two or three days a week, we’re going to need extra people on hand so that we can continue to have our hospital staff available to do hospital types of jobs.”
Author of the article: Tina Peplinskie
Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • April 29, 2021 • 3 minute read • Ellen Wong-Gallant is now back home in Petawawa recovering from COVID-19 after spending a week in the Pembroke Regional Hospital receiving treatment for the virus. The 28-year-old developed pneumonia and required high-pressure oxygen to help her breathe. Photo by Submitted photo /jpg, PM
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As she sits at home recovering for COVID-19, a temporary oxygen machine close by for when she gets winded, it’s still hard for Ellen Wong-Gallant to wrap her head around the fact that she tested positive for the virus and spent a week in hospital receiving treatment.
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Eastern Ontario hospitals face devastating cuts in the near future, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warns in a report released Monday.
Hospitals in Brockville, Kingston, Cornwall and elsewhere are facing service reductions in the next eight years if the Ford government is true to the spending targets outlined in its most recent budget, Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), said in a virtual media conference on Monday afternoon.
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Eastern Ontario hospitals face devastating cuts in the near future, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warns in a report released Monday.
Hospitals in Brockville, Kingston, Cornwall and elsewhere are facing service reductions in the next eight years if the Ford government is true to the spending targets outlined in its most recent budget, Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), said in a virtual media conference on Monday afternoon.
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Author of the article: Pembroke Observer and News
Publishing date: Apr 27, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 1 minute read • Tina Davidson (left), chief pharmacist at the Pembroke Regional Hospital, and Grace Weisenberg, pharmacy manager, prepared trays of syringes filled with doses of COVID-19 vaccine for the first public vaccination clinic at the Pembroke Memorial Centre March 12. Photo by Tina Peplinskie /jpg, PM
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The Pembroke Regional Hospital is hoping to expand its COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic team with the recruitment of additional regulated health care professionals to vaccinate, pre-load syringes and fill the onsite role of pharmacy lead, a minimum of one eight-hour shift every two weeks.