March 4, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
The Headwaters Healthcare Foundation’s 50/50 draw wrapped up on March 1 and generated over $17,000.
The winner of the lottery was Lori S. of Mono, and when she got the call on Monday morning, it was exactly 12 years to the day since she received breast cancer surgery at Headwaters Hospital.
“When I called her in the morning, we both had a goosebumps moment that it all kind of came full circle for her,” said Kendra Goss of HHCF, who helped organize the fundraiser.
“She’s just really, really thrilled about being our first ever 50/50 winner.”
The lottery is going to be held three more times this year and is a way of generating revenue for the HHFC, since they can’t hold their usual in-person fundraisers.
January 28, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Headwaters Health Care Centre is apologizing to the community following an incident where a staff director had one of their elderly relatives vaccinated against COVID-19 at a recent clinic solely designated for health care workers.
The incident happened on January 12 and the staff director in question retired on January 19, after being on paid leave while an investigation was carried out.
Headwaters CEO and President Kim Delahunt said that the vaccination of a non-health care worker was an isolated incident and procedures are in place to prevent it from happening again.
“This was an error in judgement by one staff director and is not part of our hospital’s protocols. We have implemented additional processes to ensure that we follow provincial and public health guidelines,” she noted.
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.