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News – 2021

2021

  • Upcoming Holiday Hours for Grey Bruce COVID Assessment Centres
    December 22, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services’ Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre will be closed on December 25th and January 1st.  The Centre will be open on December 26th and January 2nd from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
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  • GBHS Reduces Number of Visitors in Hospital
    December 21, 2021
    Due to increasing local COVID-19 cases, GBHS is adjusting its Visitor Policy as a precautionary measure to provide the safest environment possible for our patients, families and employees.Two visitors...
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  • Mandatory Vaccination Policy Fully Implemented at GBHS
    December 6, 2021
    Like many hospitals across Ontario, Grey Bruce Health Services introduced a COVID-19 policy requiring all staff, physicians, volunteers and students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work at ...
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  • GBHS Updates Mandatory Vaccination Policy for All Staff
    November 16, 2021
    The COVID-19 vaccination policy for GBHS requires all staff and physicians to be fully vaccinated by November 25th, or be placed on unpaid leave.  We are pleased to share that 96% of our employee...
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  • GBHS to Implement Vaccination Policy for All Visitors
    November 8, 2021
    GBHS is committed to providing the safest environment possible for our patients, families and employees, and will soon join hospitals across the province to require visitors to be fully vaccinated aga...
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  • Major Infrastructure Projects Underway Across GBHS
    October 26, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services is pleased to be moving forward with approximately $5.5 million worth of projects at hospitals across the Corporation. Several of these projects are being funded by generous...
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  • GBHS Seeks Community Participation in Update of Accessibility Plan
    October 25, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services is actively seeking community members to assist in the update of our multi-year accessibility plan. This plan ensures our services are accessible for all patients, visitors ...
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  • GBHS Welcomes Fourteen New Physicians to the Area
    September 10, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services hosted a celebration today to recognize fourteen new physicians and one midwife who have moved to the Grey Bruce area in the past year. The new group of physicians includes ...
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  • Grey Bruce COVID Assessment Centre Hours for Labour Day Holiday
    August 31, 2021
    The COVID-19 Assessment Centres at GBHS Health System in Owen Sound and Southampton, and the South Bruce Grey Health Centre in Kincardine will remain open on Labour Day, Monday, September 6th, by appo...
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  • New Garden Officially Opens At Owen Sound Hospital
    August 12, 2021
    NeighbourWoods North is hosting a reception this Monday to recognize the many individuals, businesses and organizations who worked together to create a colourful, welcoming garden in front of the GBHS...
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  • Grey Bruce COVID Assessment Centre Hours for Civic Holiday
    July 26, 2021
    The COVID-19 Assessment Centres at Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) in Owen Sound and South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) in Kincardine will remain open on the Civic Holiday, Monday, August 2, by ...
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  • Number of Visitors Permitted in Hospital Expands
    July 21, 2021
    Starting tomorrow, July 22, GBHS will permit two visitors (Care Partners) per inpatient, per day, at all GBHS hospitals. Previously, only one Care Partner was permitted per inpatient, and it had to be...
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  • Life-Saving Equipment Arrives Thanks to Community Support
    July 12, 2021
    Thanks to donations to our five hospital Foundations, GBHS has recently purchased 35 new defibrillators to care for patients at all six GBHS hospitals. The total cost of the purchase was $703,000, all...
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  • Grey Bruce COVID Assessment Centre Hours for Canada Day
    June 29, 2021
    Due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 in the Grey Bruce region, the GBHS Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre will remain open on Canada Day, Thursday July 1, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Yesterday, 16...
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  • Field Hospital Coming Down, Bayshore to Re-open to Community
    June 25, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services staff will begin removing the field hospital from the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on July 12th. The 75-bed field hospital was erected last May as part of continge...
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  • GBHS Celebrates Year-End Accomplishments
    June 24, 2021
    At last evening’s Annual General Meeting, the Grey Bruce Health Services Board of Directors thanked four outgoing Directors for their years of service, and welcomed two new members to the Board. The f...
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  • GBHS COVID-19 Assessment Centres – Reduced Hours
    June 3, 2021
    The GBHS COVID-19 Assessment Centres are reducing their hours of operation effective Monday, June 7. The number of individuals seeking a COVID-19 test in Grey and Bruce region has been dropping over t...
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  • GBHS Welcomes Visitors Back into Hospitals
    June 1, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services has updated its Family Presence policy and is now permitting inpatients to have one person visit in hospital as of tomorrow, June 2. Visitors had been restricted at all GBHS...
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  • Ontario Health Supports GBHS Proposal for CT Scanner at Southampton Hospital
    May 19, 2021
    Ontario Health (West) has recently endorsed the Grey Bruce Health Services proposal to purchase and install a CT scanner for the Southampton Hospital.  Ontario Health confirmed that the proposal ...
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  • COVID-19 Assessment Centre Hours for Victoria Day
    May 19, 2021
    The COVID-19 Assessment Centres in Kincardine and Owen Sound will be open on Victoria Day, Monday, May 24. The Assessment Centre in Hanover will be closed on May 24. Please find below the CO...
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  • Temporary Beds Open at Meaford Hospital to Add System Capacity During Pandemic
    April 30, 2021
    As COVID cases continue to increase across the province, Grey Bruce Health Services is increasing our bed capacity to support our own patients, and to take patients from other regions that have become...
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  • Grey Bruce Hospitals Respond to Capacity Challenges Amid Third Wave of COVID-19
    April 21, 2021
    In response to escalating bed capacity challenges across the province and a Ministry of Health directive issued on April 20th requiring all non-emergent and non-urgent elective surgeries and procedure...
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  • GBHS Celebrates Lab Accreditation Achievement & Lab Professionals Week
    April 15, 2021
    Accreditation Canada Diagnostics recently performed a rigorous week-long assessment at Grey Bruce Health Services Owen Sound, Wiarton, Southampton, Markdale and Meaford Hospital Labs. Each location wa...
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  • COVID-19 Assessment Centre Holiday Hours for Easter Weekend
    March 31, 2021
    The COVID-19 Assessment Centres in Hanover, Owen Sound and Lion’s Head will be closed on the Good Friday holiday, Friday, April 2. The Assessment Centre in Kincardine will be open on April 2. For East...
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  • Grey-Bruce Ontario Health Team Collaboration Council Recruiting Community Council Advisors
    March 19, 2021
    The Grey Bruce Ontario Health Team Collaboration Council submitted the Grey Bruce Ontario Health Team full application to the Ministry of Health on December 11th 2020 and is now pleased to begin recru...
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  • Contract Awarded for New Markdale Hospital, Construction Starts Monday
    February 26, 2021
    Earlier today Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott announced that the construction of a new hospital for Markdale has been approved, and will start thi...
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  • GBHS COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign for Staff and Physicians Now Underway
    February 25, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services, in partnership with Public Health, yesterday started three days of COVID-19 vaccination clinics to protect staff and physicians from the virus, and to reduce the risk of tr...
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  • New Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre Now Open
    January 21, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services has moved its Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre to better accommodate patients, staff and physicians. The Assessment Centre is now located at 1100 16th Avenue East, Unit...
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  • Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre Moving to New, Larger Space
    January 14, 2021
    Grey Bruce Health Services is relocating its Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre to better accommodate patients, staff and physicians. As of Thursday, January 21, the Assessment Centre will be locat...
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  • Grey Bruce Hospitals Supporting a Seamless Provincial Hospital System to Respond to Capacity Challenges
    January 12, 2021
    Based on forecast models, the provincial hospital system will be facing significant capacity challenges over the coming weeks due to an increasing prevalence of COVID-19 across the province. The forec...
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