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Neuro-psychologist Dr. Cathleen McDonald has won WRHN’s award of excellence for her support of patients and colleagues in the mental health and addictions program.

Sue Rueckwald has won Waterloo Regional Health Network's latest award of excellence for her care of patients and support of her colleagues in WRHN’s hand and upper extremity program. 

WRHN's oncology clinical trials team has won the hospital's latest award of excellence. The team members coordinate and support trials focusing on new medications for cancer treatment, or different ways of providing radiation therapy.

Premature babies in hospital who may not be getting enough breast milk will benefit from a new donor milk bank at Waterloo Regional Health Network, a first for Waterloo Region hospitals.

Waterloo Regional Health Network will begin a recruitment process to replace president and chief executive officer Malcolm Maxwell, who has announced his intention to retire on September 28th, 2018. He has served in the role since June 2007, leading the hospital through growth, change and improvement. 

WRHN has become the top hospital in Canada for lifesaving blood donations in 2017. Staff, physicians and volunteers gave an amazing 571 units last year.

WRHN health professionals offer advice on how you can get your new year's resolution off to a good start.

WRHN’s CT scanner team has won the hospital’s latest award of excellence for their compassionate care in a very busy department. 14 technologists conduct 23,000 exams every year, providing medical images to support care in many key departments.

Several physicians from Waterloo Regional Health Network have returned from Guyana after providing their expertise to practitioners in the country’s mental health system.

Cindy Rogers of environmental services has won WRHN’s latest award of excellence for her work supporting patients, her staff, and the broader hospital community.