New OB/GYN joins Groves Memorial Community Hospital

FERGUS – A new obstetrician/gynecologist has joined the team at Groves Memorial Community Hospital.

Wellington Health Care Alliance officials announced on Aug. 26 that Dr. Sagarika Basu is serving alongside fellow OB/GYNs Dr. Jessica Rollings-Scattergood and Dr. Dan Reilly to deliver babies and offer specialize gynecological care to women at Groves.

“What really drew me to Groves was the team,” Basu stated in a news release.

“I love the close-knit community feel here.”

Basu earned her graduate degree in medicine in India and completed obstetrics and gynecology training in the United Kingdom.

She brings to Groves valuable experience in the field, including high-risk pregnancies, operative deliveries including caesarean sections, gynecological surgeries like laparoscopic hysterectomies and more, the release said.

“There is such a diversity in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology between the combination of surgery and medicine,” Basu stated.

She is passionate about improving women’s health in the community, the release stated.

Basu has moved to Fergus along with her husband and two children.