Lakeridge Health curtailing non-emergency services, surgeries
Lakeridge Health is cutting back on elective surgeries due to the increased number in COVID-19 admissions. A letter to the community, on behalf of Chief of Staff Dr. Tony [...]
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Revolution needed for elderly care
Moira Welsh has spent almost two decades writing about seniors living in long-term care and has recently released a book, Happily Ever Older, which details new approaches to [...]
Oshawa vaccination clinic now open for seniors 80 and older
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Oshawa is located at the Campus Ice Centre at Durham College and Ontario Tech University. Oshawa’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened [...]
COVID-19 vaccination clinic opening in Oshawa
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Oshawa will be located at the Durham College and Ontario Tech University Campus Ice Centre. COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be opening [...]
Return to school sees new COVID-19 cases in schools
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJJI Reporter New COVID-19 cases have been reported at Durham schools since students returned to in-person learning less than two weeks [...]
All Durham long-term care residents receive COVID-19 vaccine
Dorothy Nancarrow, a resident at Orchard Villa, was the first resident to receive the vaccine. (Photo courtesy Lakeridge Health) All long-term care residents in Durham Region [...]
New mobile COVID-19 testing clinic now available
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is making it a little easier to get a COVID-19 test. DRT, in partnership with Region of Durham Paramedic Services (RDPS), have launched an [...]
COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out across region
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter COVID-19 vaccines are well on their way to getting into the arms of seniors in Durham Region. According to Lakeridge Health [...]
Lakeridge Health offering virtual urgent care clinic
Accessing a primary care giver or ER doctor is now a little easier and can be done from the comfort of home. A new virtual urgent care clinic is now available in Durham [...]
Durham’s first long-term care resident receives COVID-19 vaccine
Dorothy Nancarrow, a resident at Orchard Villa, was the first resident to receive the vaccine in Durham Region. (Photo courtesy Lakeridge Health) By Courtney Bachar/The [...]