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Five months, 3,000 patients: Inside Niagara Health’s role in a historic evacuation

Posted Jan 26th, 2026

Five months, 3,000 patients: Inside Niagara Health’s role in a historic evacuation

As floods and wildfires displaced thousands from Northern communities last summer, Niagara Health played a critical role in a region-wide effort to support evacuees with complex healthcare needs.

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‘Breast cancer was a bump in the road:’ How one doctor’s wife became the patient

Posted Jan 22nd, 2026

‘Breast cancer was a bump in the road:’ How one doctor’s wife became the patient

Surabhi Chawla’s journey with cancer started well before her own diagnosis, when her mother survived breast cancer but later died from a secondary cancer, multiple myeloma.

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Updated: Urgent Care Centre Hours

Updated: Urgent Care Centre Hours

Posted Jun 10th, 2025

Urgent Care Centre hours in Port Colborne and Fort Erie are subject to change due to ongoing physician staffing shortages. Please check here to see if the UCC you intend to visit is open. 

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Niagara Health to close Welland long-term care home, licence expires June 2026

Niagara Health to close Welland long-term care home, licence expires June 2026

Posted Feb 4th, 2026

Niagara Health will not be renewing the operating licence for the long-term care home at the Welland Site. The licence expires in June 2026, which means the home will close once all residents have safely transitioned to new homes.

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Recreational Therapy at Niagara Health

Recreational Therapy at Niagara Health

Posted Feb 2nd, 2026

Recreational therapy services have not been eliminated across Niagara Health, and recreational therapists continue to work in our hospitals. Recreational therapists continue to play an important role within our mental health services as part of interprofessional care teams.

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Meet Niagara Health’s kindness superstars

Meet Niagara Health’s kindness superstars

Posted Jan 29th, 2026

When Niagara Health relaunched its Random Acts of Kindness initiative last summer, staff took up the challenge, accumulating 16,500 acts and counting. The benefits are being felt throughout the organization.

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Five months, 3,000 patients: Inside Niagara Health’s role in a historic evacuation

Five months, 3,000 patients: Inside Niagara Health’s role in a historic evacuation

Posted Jan 26th, 2026

As floods and wildfires displaced thousands from Northern communities last summer, Niagara Health played a critical role in a region-wide effort to support evacuees with complex healthcare needs.

Read more

‘Breast cancer was a bump in the road:’ How one doctor’s wife became the patient

‘Breast cancer was a bump in the road:’ How one doctor’s wife became the patient

Posted Jan 22nd, 2026

Surabhi Chawla’s journey with cancer started well before her own diagnosis, when her mother survived breast cancer but later died from a secondary cancer, multiple myeloma.

Read more

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