News & stories

Congratulations to staff in our Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit for winning the WRHN Award of Excellence for their professionalism and positive attitude during a particularly challenging situation. 

Staff in Waterloo Regional Health Network's operating room have come together to teach first year medical students how to ‘scrub in’ – the process of scrubbing, gowning, and gloving – for a surgery to help them get ahead and have the best learning experience while observing at our hospital.

Waterloo Regional Health Network works closely with the McMaster Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and the Centre for Family Medicine to train 250 medical residents each year. In honour of Resident Awareness Week, we asked some of our Waterloo Region residents why learning and practicing medicine in our hospital is important to them.

Waterloo Regional Health Network is experiencing an increase in the demand for care with a higher than average number of patients coming to our emergency department. At the same time, we are still seeing emergency cases and are often operating with more patients than beds. To help you avoid a hospital visit when you don’t need to be here, we have some tips and resources to help you get the care and comfort you need.

Waterloo Regional Health Network is building a plan that will identify where we want to be in 10 years, our goals, and the work that will need to happen to get us there. Given that the hospital provides service to the community, your input is vital.

Retail food services and gift shops at WRHN's KW and Freeport Campuses will have different hours during the holidays. Click here to see what's open and when!

Grand River Hospital is now offering a pet therapy program to benefit patients in the children’s and mental health programs. 

With over 25 friends and colleagues in attendance, Dr. Peter Kuhnert was greeted by warm smiles and a round of applause as he accepted the Waterloo Regional Health Network Award of Excellence for his contributions to our mental health and addictions program.

“A true example of a nurse who goes beyond her duties": Vicky McGuire, complex continuing care nurse, wins WRHN award of excellence 

For the first time ever, Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) and St. Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) co-hosted an annual community update last Thursday, November 21 in front of a sold out crowd at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation in Waterloo.