Skip to content

Niagara Health News and Updates

Updated: Urgent Care Centre Hours

Updated: Urgent Care Centre Hours

Posted Jun 10th, 2025

Niagara Health is announcing changes to the summer hours at the Fort Erie and Port Colborne Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) due to a critical shortage of available physicians.

Read more

From 18th choice to first love: Med student sets sights on urology

From 18th choice to first love: Med student sets sights on urology

Posted Oct 15th, 2025

As medical learner Grant Sweeny inches closer to graduation, he’s focused on learning everything he can during his last few rotations and securing a residency in urology.

Read more

Niagara Health marks midpoint in five-year Strategic Plan

Niagara Health marks midpoint in five-year Strategic Plan

Posted Oct 9th, 2025

Today, Niagara Health shared a candid update on its five-year strategic plan, Transforming Care, outlining the progress made since its launch in 2023, the challenges facing hospital care in the region and the focus moving forward as the hospital system prepares for the opening of the new South Niagara Hospital in 2028.

Read more

‘It felt like the best of both worlds’: Niagara-born medical students return home for summer research

‘It felt like the best of both worlds’: Niagara-born medical students return home for summer research

Posted Oct 7th, 2025

For Queen’s University medical students Bianca Marcella and Prey Patel, this summer was more than a chance to advance their research skills - it was an opportunity to come home.   

Read more

NH general counsel a finalist for national law award

NH general counsel a finalist for national law award

Posted Oct 2nd, 2025

James Hall has been shortlisted by the Canadian Bar Association for an award celebrating exceptional early-career legal talent.

Read more

“It’s never just been a job to me”: Laura Morrison’s 35-year career comes full circle

“It’s never just been a job to me”: Laura Morrison’s 35-year career comes full circle

Posted Sep 29th, 2025

Laura Morrison, Director, Kidney Care and Ambulatory Programs is retiring in October after 35 years at Niagara Health.

Read more

'This is what I have to share’: ICU nurse spreads joy with every brush stroke

'This is what I have to share’: ICU nurse spreads joy with every brush stroke

Posted Sep 26th, 2025

From beloved pets to sunsets, Megan Harrisson, an ICU Nurse at NH, brings joy and love to her patients through watercolour paintings.

Read more

Simple steps can help protect against respiratory illnesses

Simple steps can help protect against respiratory illnesses

Posted Sep 24th, 2025

Respiratory viruses will always be here, but with a few precautions we can stay one step ahead, Dr. Karim Ali writes.

Read more

Drs. Amit and Labh Mehta Spearhead New CT Scanner

Drs. Amit and Labh Mehta Spearhead New CT Scanner

Posted Sep 24th, 2025

When Dr. Labh Mehta first set foot in the St. Catharines hospital more than 50 years ago, no one could have predicted the remarkable evolution of medical imaging in the decades that followed. Nor could they have foreseen how instrumental Dr. Labh and his son, the then six-year-old Amit Mehta, would become in bringing the best and latest technology to Niagara.

Read more

Small gifts bring comfort to children in hospital

Small gifts bring comfort to children in hospital

Posted Sep 23rd, 2025

For two-year-old Charlie Arsenault, one small toy changed everything during a stressful hospital stay.  

Read more

Page 1 of 175

Niagara Health System