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Women managing both a mental health concern as well as an addiction now have help from a new support group that’s started at Waterloo Regional Health Network, thanks to donor support from the community.

A partnership for better addictions care was in focus at Waterloo Regional Health Network. The hospital hosted partners including House of Friendship, Stonehenge Therapeutic Community and the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network to celebrate the launch of the rapid access addiction clinic (RAAC).

The Waterloo Regional Health Network Volunteer Association has donated a record of $200,000 in net proceeds from its 2017 operations to Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation for its MRI campaign. WRHNVA runs the hospital’s retail services including the KW Campus Tim Hortons, gift shops at both campuses and the Freeport general store.

Today, more than 1,500 people in Ontario are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant.

Lori Temple has won WRHN’s latest award of excellence for her dedication to cancer screening in Waterloo Wellington.

Kitchener resident Tom Fulmer is among patients who have benefited from follow-up appointments for prostate cancer treatment from the comfort of their homes. 

A group of staff throughout Waterloo Regional Health Network has won the organization’s latest team award of excellence for their work to install the most appropriate patient lifts in the hospital’s specialized mental health program at the Freeport Campus.

Congratulations to Waterloo Regional Health Network CT team lead Paula Titaro, who is the recipient of the Mary F. Cameron Leadership Award from the Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences!

Medical student Erica Sacoransky came away from the Waterloo Region Renal Fair surprised by how much support is provided to our renal patients, not just locally, but from as far away as Wellington County.

Grand River Hospital is asking members of the public to celebrate safely this St. Patrick's Day.