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As a nurse, Leaha Beattie-Palmer is aware of the signs and symptoms of a stroke. She also knows how important it is to take immediate action to help a patient experiencing a stroke, in order to improve recovery outcomes. And still, her experience caught her by surprise.

This year marks 20 years of Cancer Care for the Grand River Regional Cancer Program, and the 20th year providing care for our communities at the Waterloo Regional Health Network Cancer Centre. Celebrate this incredible milestone with Waterloo Regional Health Network’s cancer team on November 4, 2023. We will revisit the past, honour our present, and look to the future with an open house for our communities.

During its annual conference on October 18, the CAN Health Network announced the 2023 CAN Health Network Award Recipients recognizing the Edges, companies, partners, and individuals in the Network who are transforming health care in Canada, and leading the new health care economy. Waterloo Regional Health Network was named the Edge of the Year Award recipient for 2023.

As of Wednesday, September 27, Grand River and St. Mary's General Hospitals are making changes to our masking guidelines. Read more here.

Waterloo Regional Health Network is among the many Ontario healthcare providers that share personal health information with BORN Ontario related to pregnancy, birth and newborn care – important healthcare encounters that can affect lifelong health.

Starting this September, WRHN is proud to re-introduce our patient experience surveys in a new digital format in select outpatient clinics. Digital surveying in select adult inpatient and pediatric programs, as well as the Emergency Department will follow later this fall.

As of September 15, 2023, Waterloo Regional Health Network, St. Mary’s General Hospital, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital has begun trialing a new program called Fit2Sit, in partnership with the Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service. Patients who arrive at our emergency departments by ambulance will sit in a waiting room chair upon their arrival, if they are well enough to do so.

Grand River and St. Mary’s General Hospitals are excited to welcome Cliff Harvey as the new Joint VP Redevelopment, leading the Building the Future of Care Together initiative.

The Waterloo Wellington Regional Cancer Program is recruiting new patient and family advisors to join their team. Patient and family advisors are active patients, former patients, and care partners who partner with staff to improve care across the cancer system. Click here to learn more.