WELLINGTON COUNTY – Hospitals in Wellington County will receive an additional $2.9 million provincial funding.
Groves Memorial Community Hospital
Nurses at local hospitals benefit from training support after receiving $20,000 in donations
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As part of National Nursing week, the RBC Foundation has donated $20,000 to two local hospitals to support nursing education and recognize the efforts of nurses during the pandemic.
Gardens at Groves hospital taking shape
ABOYNE – While the new Groves Memorial Community Hospital is beautiful on the inside, with state-of-the-art technology to treat patients, the grounds of the hospital still resembled a construction site.
Local businesses donate to create snack boxes for local hospital staff
WELLINGTON COUNTY – PrintFactor Media and Copernicus Educational Products each donated money to Groves Memorial Community Hospital to show their support for staff in this ongoing, long-going pandemic and that was converted into the snack boxes.
Over 170 surgery patients on wait list in Wellington County
WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are more than 15,000 patients in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County waiting on surgeries or procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic.
Staffing a struggle but local hospitals keeping up as Omicron spreads in community
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Administrators are managing to cover shifts at the three hospitals in Wellington County, but they are keeping a watchful eye on case numbers in the community and bracing for more challenges ahead.
Schools closed, hospitals limit surgeries as Omicron variant spreads
TORONTO – With case rates skyrocketing due to the highly-transmissible Omicron variant as the…
Nunavut couple welcomes first New Year’s baby at Groves hospital
ABOYNE – In the early hours of Jan. 1, new parents Jenna Jenkins and Chris Voss of Iqaluit celebrated the birth of their first child, the first baby born in Wellington County in 2022.
100 Women Who Care Centre Wellington donate $9,000 to Groves Memorial Community Hospital
Caring donation – 100 Women Who Care Centre Wellington presented Groves Memorial Community …
Local hospitals update visitor guidelines, offer tips on accessing COVID-19 tests
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Effective Dec. 23, essential care partners must be two-dose vaccinated and social visits are no longer permitted.
Winner takes it all – and gives it all away
ABOYNE – Mark Weidmark is surely on Santa’s nice list after winning not one but two prizes from the Rural Wellington Hospitals 50/50 draw and giving a good chunk of it to community organizations.
Groves hospital, township aim to finalize division of old hospital lands next year
FERGUS – Officials with Groves Memorial Community Hospital (GMCH) and Centre Wellington Township have taken the next step to formalize the division of the former hospital lands in Fergus.
Six hospital staff terminated for not being vaccinated against COVID-19
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Six hospital staff in the county have been terminated for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Local hospitals reviewing vaccination policy for patient care partners
WELLINGTON COUNTY – While other hospitals in the region will require patient care partners to be double vaccinated by Nov. 9 to enter the buildings, hospitals in Wellington County have not yet taken that step.
Wellington County hospitals put 14 unvaccinated staff on unpaid leave
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Fourteen staff at Wellington County hospitals were put on unpaid leave on Oct. 13 for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.