2003 Lead Stories
December 2003
Is it an emergency?
Est-ce une urgence?
Hospital Emergency Departments across Niagara are extremely busy this time of year. On average, Niagara's busier Emergency Departments are seeing 130 to 140 patients every day, says Maria Vuono, Regional Program Director, Emergency for the Niagara Health System.
November 2003
Our Vision, Mission, Values
Notre vision, notre mission, nos valeurs fondamentales
The Niagara Health System's (NHS) Board of Trustees have taken a major step forward in advancing the organization to its next stage in its development with the adoption of a new vision, mission and core values for the three-year-old amalgamated health system.
October 2003
Getting Connected - Part II
Se brancher – Partie II
Niagara residents who use Greater Niagara General and Welland Hospital Sites will have one less card to carry this Fall as the Niagara Health System puts in place new information technology solution for patient registration.
September 2003
Early Detection the Key to Prevention
Le dépistage précoce : la meilleure mesure de prévention
Ten years after an elevated PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) test showed he had prostate cancer, Eugene Yaremy is a happy man – happy because early detection was the key in managing to stave off serious prostate cancer.
August 2003
Good News Resonates
De bonnes nouvelles pour la région de Niagara
A new state-of-the-art diagnostic tool will soon find a home in Niagara, after June's announcement from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care approving a second MRI to serve the southern portion of the Niagara Region.
July 2003
Gaining Control - One Breath at a Time
Maîtriser son asthme – une respiration à la fois
For most of us, breathing is as automatic as opening our eyes when we wake up. What if you have to spend your entire life worrying about your next breath and the strong possibility that you could end up in an Emergency Department or hospital inpatient unit?
June 2003
Organ Donation – Someone's Life Depends On It
Le don d’organe : la vie d’une personne en dépend
Maria Bau-Coote was a typical teenager who happened to have juvenile diabetes. At age 18, she contracted an unusual infection, which was to change her life and could have caused her death.
Mid-May 2003
Nurses: At the heart of healthcare
In celebration of National Nursing Week, we asked NHS nurses about nursing experiences that have touched their hearts - and their stories certainly left imprints on our hearts, too. Here are some of their letters...Nursing is a profession where we work with people every day.
May 2003
Niagara Health Fair
Learn about the health services that Niagara has to offer. More than 50 agencies and hospital departments are coming together Friday, May 9 at The Pen Centre in a unique new Niagara Health Fair, co-ordinated by the Niagara Health System.
April/May 2003
SARS Prevention at Niagara hospitals
La prévention du SRAS dans les hôpitaux de la région de Niagara
Following directives from the Provincial Commissioner of Public Health and the Provincial Commissioner of Public Safety Province of Ontario, all Niagara hospitals are restricting visitors until further notice, due to SARS.
March 2003
Breathing Space
Living well with Congestive Heart Failure ~ Your day-to-day management strategies. Congestive heart failure, merely by its name, strikes fear in most of us when the words 'heart' and 'failure' appear together. However this condition need not be debilitating or end in death.
Mid-February 2003
Student Strategies Makes the Grade
The Niagara Health System has launched 'Student Strategies', part of a comprehensive plan designed to fill NHS nursing vacancies - with the added benefit of opening doors to rewarding career options for Niagara's youth.
February 2003
ER Construction Moves Ahead
Minister of Health and Long Term Care The Honourable Tony Clement was in Niagara on January 28 to announce approval of $23.5 million in expansion and redevelopment construction projects, including the Emergency Departments for the Greater Niagara General and St. Catharines General sites of the NHS.
January 2003
A Place to Communicate
The way we talk and our body language personifies who we are to the world. When that is taken away, often a blank canvas is all our family and friends see. The loss of communication skills following stroke is called aphasia, and can be devastating.