Chesley Hospital Foundation
39 2nd Street S.E., P.O. Box 40 N00G 1L0 Chesley, ON, Canada

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Check this out everyone!! Recognize those hospital shots? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUFqP68b-Zc Dr. Ben Chan, a regular locum physician at SBGHC’s Chesley site, and University of Toronto faculty member, recorded a COVID-themed rendition of Let It Snow that features the Chesley hospital. Dr. Chan was interviewed by CBC National News about the video, which will be featured on tonight’s edition.

Didn’t get your Christmas Letter? Let us know: 519-363-2340 x 3140 or [email protected] We’ll get one to you! As the health care system deals with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the need for the renovations to Chesley Hospital’s Emergency Department is even more vital. Donations can be made by mail to P.O. Box 40, Chesley, at the registration office or through our website, www.chesleyfoundation.ca. Thank you in advance for your support.

GREAT NEWS! As part of its COVID-19 relief initiative to support those on the frontline of this pandemic, the Chesley Hospital Foundation just received a $50,000 grant from CMA Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Hospital Fund towards Chesley Hospital’s new triage/waiting area renovations. This grant will go a long way towards the total projected cost of $132,580. Chesley Hospital’s Emergency Department will see an increase of 600 sq. ft. allowing the hospital to comply with COVID-19 physical distancing and traffic flow protocols and will be a permanent solution in the event of future pandemics. You too can help with this project by donating to P.O. Box 40, Chesley, at the registration office and on the Foundation’s website, www.chesleyfoundation.ca.

South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) cares about our communities' health and safety, our patients and partners in care, and our team of health care providers ...who have been working tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a long journey for everyone, and we know that COVID fatigue is setting in. We cannot stress enough the importance of the health and safety measures we have put in place to protect you. When coming to the hospital, please be sure to provide our screeners with honest information so that we can ensure your safety and the safety of others. We can get through this if we pull together! See more

The Foundation’s Christmas Campaign begins today, November 26th, with the arrival at your door of its annual Christmas Letter in the flyers’ section of the Post & Sun Times. This year’s Christmas Campaign is for renovations ($132,580) needed to the Emergency Department to accommodate COVID-19 guidelines and protocols, particularly two-meter distancing and traffic flow. The current temporary use of the Board Room, partially for the lab, will be converted permanently to two triage and waiting areas. Remember, donations can be made by post to P.O. Box 40, Chesley, left at the registration desk and through our website www.chesleyfoundation.ca.

GIVING TUESDAY, December 1st is coming up next week. A perfect day to make a donation to the Foundation’s Christmas Campaign, this year for Chesley Hospital's renovations for COVID distancing triage and waiting areas. Started in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering in response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We have two days that are good for the economy. Now we have a day that is good for the community too.

Give your I LOVE MY HOSPITAL sign a second life. Before the ground freezes, the snow piles up and the snow plow arrives, drop your yard sign off at the hospital to show our healthcare workers one more time how much we appreciate what they continue doing for our community.

The #Chesley Hospital Foundation’s Christmas Campaign got off to a great start this week with the help of these dedicated volunteers Isabel Bell, Eleanor Currie, Sherry Jacklin, Lindsay Manery, Ben Rier, Connie Sweiger, Karen Sweiger, Ted Sweiger with Tom Sweiger behind the camera. These ten volunteers stuffed 6,000 Christmas letter envelopes in less than a day. It sure looked a lot different from last year!

SBGHC is looking to our patients, families and community stakeholders to help shape the future of the hospital as we begin a strategic planning exercise for 202...1-25. An online survey is now available on our website, which also gives an opportunity for individuals to identify their interest in participating in a virtual focus group to be held later this fall. The survey will remain open until November 1. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7N6SF85 See more

THANK YOU CHESLEY YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN! As part of the annual CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon, organized and manned by Foundation board members and family, Saturday’s BBQ was a great success. This generosity goes a long way towards the purchase of IV pumps & poles for the Chesley Hospital. As always, none of this success would have been possible without the strong support of the Chesley community.

BBQ THIS SATURDAY 11AM TO 2PM CHESLEY GROCERY STORE. Join the Foundation, support the Chesley Hospital and grab a bite or two at the same time! With COVID-19 it may look different but the delicious hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken burgers are the same. See you there!

**Assessment Centre Update** The online appointment booking system for the Kincardine COVID-19 Assessment Centre is now live. Visit www.sbghc.on.ca and click ‘B...ook a COVID-19 Test' to make an appointment. Beginning Tuesday, October 6, an appointment will be required for testing and walk-ins will no longer be accepted. See more

Believe it or not, fall is upon us and soon our annual CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon will be as well - Saturday, October 17th. As part of the Radiothon we like to feature a ‘Story from the Heart;’ a story of the great care you, a family member, or friend received at the Chesley Hospital. Drop us a line at P.O. Box 40, Chesley; via email, [email protected] or give us a call at 519-363-2340 X 3140. Last year with the help of your donations the Foundation was able to fund a $30,000 Hematology Point of Care Analyzer. This year the Foundation has committed to the purchase of IV pumps and poles at $12,000. The Foundation appreciates the annual support we get from our community and looks forward to some great stories and just as great support.

Take part in this engaging information session where a collection of panelists, including SBGHC’s President and CEO Michael Barrett, provide an update and addre...ss questions on the reduced operating hours of Chesley’s Emergency Department. Please note: there is a processing time of approximately 20 seconds in the transfer of content from the Zoom meeting to Facebook Live. Connect into the Zoom meeting directly by accessing the link / phone number below. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87271135561 +1 778 907 2071 Canada +1 204 272 7920 Canada +1 438 809 7799 Canada +1 587 328 1099 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada

Join us on September 9 for a virtual community information session to provide an update on the Chesley Emergency Department reduced hours of operation. Contact [email protected] to register!

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The Foundation has a second batch of I MY HOSPITAL yard signs ready for delivery. Simply phone 519-363-2340 X 3140 or email [email protected]. These signs are free, delivered, and show our healthcare workers how much we appreciate their extra work, sacrifices and the risks they take to make sure we remain safe and healthy. They also are reminders that the Foundation continues to fund new, upgraded and updated equipment so #Chesley Hospital can do what it does best, especially in the midst of COVID-19 take care of our community! Donations gratefully accepted at P.O. Box 40, Chesley or through www.chesleyfoundation.ca

A reminder to our patients, appointments are now required for Community Lab Collections at all four SBGHC sites (Chesley, Durham, Kincardine, Walkerton), and we... are no longer able to accept walk-ins. Please call Patient Registration to book an appointment, and have your health card and requisition ready when calling. When coming into the hospital for Community Lab Collections, please arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before your appointment to ensure proper physical distancing between patients. Thank you! https://www.sbghc.on.ca/programs-/community-lab-collections See more

The #Chesley Hospital is displaying some new greenery these days in the form of three dappled willows, thanks to the hard work of the Chad & Chenelle Monk family, soil donation by Tony Bleumer and funding by the Foundation. Thanks again to Chad and crew, especially for those beautiful natural cedar planters! Thanks also goes out to the Horticultural Society for their ongoing hard work, as demonstrated by this show of blooms.

Beginning Monday, July 6, the hours of operation for the COVID-19 assessment centre in Kincardine have been extended to 12:00-6:00 PM Monday-Friday. https://www.sbghc.on.ca/coronavirus/assessment-centres

SBGHC is hiring Pandemic Response Workers for our four sites (Chesley, Durham, Kincardine, Walkerton) to screen all individuals coming into the hospital and dir...ect them to their destination. Positions are temporary Part Time, up to 30 hours per week, beginning immediately. Read more here https://bit.ly/31wZK2M See more

Visiting restrictions that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be relaxed in a careful and gradual way, beginning on Monday, June 2...9, 2020 with visiting for admitted Acute Care patients. Patients can identify one Partner in Care to support them for the duration of their hospital stay. https://bit.ly/2VvAEh5 See more

MYSTERY SOLVED!! A couple of weeks ago two beautiful flower boxes appeared in front of the hospital. After a bit of sleuthing on the part of Chenelle Monk, Physician Recruiter, it turns out a big thank you goes out to the Horticultural Society. So, to these gardening elves Thank You for brightening up the outside of the hospital. Another Thank You goes out for the mystery cut flowers left on the window sills - one mystery after another!

Appointments are now required for Community Lab Collections at all four SBGHC sites (Chesley, Durham, Kincardine, Walkerton), and we are no longer able to accept walk-ins. Please call Patient Registration to book an appointment, and have your health card and requisition ready when calling. Thank you! https://www.sbghc.on.ca/programs-/community-lab-collections

Get your free lawn sign 'I MY HOSPITAL' 519-363-2340 x 3140 or contact [email protected] your free lawn sign 'I MY HOSPITAL' 519-363-2340 x 3140 or contact [email protected]

Community Lab Collections at our Chesley and Durham sites have reopened. Appointments are required to ensure proper physical distancing for patients. To book an... appointment, call Patient Registration between the hours of 7:30 AM-3:30 PM. Please ensure you have your health card and lab requisition ready when calling. Your patience is appreciated as we are experiencing a high volume of calls. https://bit.ly/2BtchJF See more

SBGHC is looking for volunteers in our four communities to support active screening at our hospital entrances. Screeners are the first point of contact (in a p...rotected booth) for patients coming to the hospital, where they are screened for symptoms of COVID-19 (i.e., do you have a fever or new/worsening cough?) and directed to their destination in the hospital. If you are able to commit 4 hours, 3 times per week on a temporary part time basis, your time would be sincerely appreciated. If you are interested in supporting the hospital in this way, please contact us! https://bit.ly/3dJA5Yd

Community Lab Collections at our Chesley and Durham sites will resume on Monday, June 15. Appointments are required to ensure proper physical distancing for pa...tients. Patients can begin booking appointments for June 15 and beyond by calling Patient Registration between the hours of 7:30 AM-3:30 PM. Please ensure you have your health card and lab requisition ready when calling. Your patience is appreciated as we are experiencing a high volume of calls. https://bit.ly/2BtchJF See more

Just a reminder, SBGHC is encouraging anyone coming to the hospital to bring their own face covering/mask. These can be homemade masks or face coverings such as... a scarf or buff, or commercially purchased items. Anyone who arrives at the hospital without a mask will be given a disposable mask. Thank you! See more

Starting today, appointments are required for Community Lab Collections at our Kincardine and Walkerton sites. Please call Patient Registration to make an appo...intment. We are experiencing a high volume of calls, so we appreciate your patience and ask that you have your health card and lab requisition ready when calling. Thank you! Kincardine (519) 396-3331 Walkerton (519) 881-1220 See more

Please note, due to high volumes we are not able to accept patients for Community Lab Collections at the Walkerton hospital for the remainder of the day, in order to maintain proper physical distancing. We apologize for any inconvenience.

To recognize the COVID-19 response efforts of our staff, this week we were able to provide our entire team of 357 people with gift bags of goodies donated by Bu...rt's Bees, Dare Foods Limited and Bruce Power, and a gift card to a local restaurant in one of the communities we serve. The gift cards were made possible through generous donations from Bruce Power, Armow Wind/Pattern Canada, Westario Power and Ontario Mould Specialists - Mould Removers. Thank you to all of these companies for your donations to recognize the tremendous efforts of our staff! #inittogether #community #thankyou See more

As with everyone else, the Chesley Hospital Auxiliary has had to cancel this year’s tag day. Normally held on the Thursday or Friday (weather dependent) following Florence Nightingale’s birthdate of May 12, this year number 200, the Auxiliary uses its tag day to raise awareness and funds towards direct patients’ needs at Chesley Hospital. The Auxiliary’s credo of assisting the hospital with purchases especially for the comfort of patients is well demonstrated. During rece...nt years this has included revitalizing the patient lounge, purchasing wheelchairs and physio equipment. This year the Auxiliary has pledged to fund five new patient over-bed tables at a cost of $2,000. Small in nature these projects add much to the day-to-day comfort of patients during their hospital stay. The Auxiliary thanks everyone for past year donations. Your donations for this year’s tag day can be made by mail to the Auxiliary at P.O. Box 40, Chesley.

National Nurses Week continues as does our appreciation for their dedication, commitment and passion. Thank You All!

A very special thank you on this Nurses Day, Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday, and in these exceptional times. Take care, be safe!

Thank you to the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Family Foundation for their donation of $8.5M to support Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Grand River Hospital, St. Mary's General Hospital and South Bruce Grey Health Centre respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/2Z53V51

Not only is this National Nurses Week, #NationalNursingWeek, 2020 is the International Year of the Nurse & Midwife, and, the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birthdate, May 12, 1820. Celebrate our nurses with special thanks for their dedication, passion and, especially during these critical times, their sacrifices.

Open letter to the Chesley Community from John Gilbert, Chair, Board of Directors, SBGHC re Emergency hours public meeting.

A HUGE Thank You to Bruce Telecom and the Chesley Grocery Store for their show of support and appreciation for Chesley Hospital's great, dedicated front line staff!

We are celebrating our Medical Laboratory Professionals this week. Our Lab Team is an integral part of the health and wellbeing of every patient diagnosed and treated at SBGHC. Thank you for all that you do!

We have been very happy to host Tom, a resident, in #Chesley the last couple weeks! While COVID has made meant many changes around the clinic and hospital, we h...ave been very fortunate to have an extra set of hands around, and hope his learning experience in Chesley has been memorable. If you cross paths, please join us in welcoming him to Chesley! #RuralOntarioMedicalProgram See more

Thank you to Bruce Power for generously donating 6,000 surgical masks, 2,000 single use N-95 masks and 10 boxes of medical grade gloves to protect our health care workers. We appreciate your ongoing support!

Our communitites continue to keep our staff fueled to respond to COVID-19. Thank you to the following businesses and individuals for your donation of meals and... snacks for our team. Karen and Larry Matheson - Durham Grade 7 and 8 Classes from Macphail Elementary School Knights of Columbus in Walkerton Neighbourhood residents of Lorne Beach Rd., Upper Lorne Beach Rd. and Kuehner St. in Kincardine Michelle Liddle from Ripley Variety MEI - Chesley Ripley and District Lions Club Tom and Dawna Miller Durham The Mellors Durham Kim Filsinger - Walkerton Dr. R.J. and Karen Creighton - Walkerton Jayne Sugden - Elmwood See more

We are missing having our volunteers around our hospital sites these days. To all of our volunteers - Board of Directors, Patient and Family Advisory Council, F...oundations and Auxiliaries, and Corporate Volunteers - THANK YOU for all that you do to support our patients and staff. We look forward to seeing you again soon! See more

Expanded Community Testing for COVID-19 With expanded provincial criteria for testing, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is enlarging the eligibility criteria for COV...ID-19. Testing will go beyond the provincial recommendations, making testing a priority for older adults, vulnerable and high-risk populations. On-site testing will be conducted for residents and staff of long-term care, assisted living and retirement homes. For full details about who can now be tested, visit http://ow.ly/juoS50zeg3z Some primary care providers also conducting testing; individuals should contact their primary health care provider to inquire if they require resting and where to access a test. Of note, travel history is no longer relevant to the decision to test.

As part of SBGHC's preparations to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are taking steps to create new capacity to care for COVID-19 patients and have designate...d the Acute Care Units at the Kincardine and Walkerton sites as the dedicated COVID-19 Units for our four hospital sites. Read more here https://bit.ly/2xYRZWU. See more

Our friends at Big Red Oak put together on our behalf this TV ad that we are unveiling today. It's meant to reinforce the instructions that our public health an...d elected officials are giving us right now to keep each other safe and flatten the curve in this fight against #covid. We need to be vigilant,for our families, for our friends, for our health-care workers, grocery and drug store workers, and everyone else on the front lines of helping us get through this pandemic. #StayAtHome #WashYourHands #SocialDistancing #poweringcommunity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-vAMdyKZIk See more

To the following businesses and individuals, THANK YOU for your donation of PPE for our health care workers. If you have PPE to donate, please call 519-370-2403... or 519-370-2429, and drop-off can be arranged at one of our sites. A listing of the required items is available here: https://www.sbghc.on.ca//~352-SBGHC-Requesting-Donations-o MicroAge Basics Kincardine Chesley District Community School Kincardine Dental Hygiene Clinic Wood working company - Kincardine Kinfarm Tire Ideal Supply Kincardine Dorothy Martin Chesley Durham Furniture Inc Candue Homes Bruce Power No Frills Kincardine Roberts Farm Equipment Sales MSW Plastics Palmerston

The support we have received from our communities over the last few weeks is heartwarming and energizing. To the residents and businesses of Chesley, Durham, K...incardine and Walkerton thank you for your donations of PPE, providing snacks and meals for our staff, and your messages of support. It is appreciated more than you know! See more

Once again the Foundation, Chesley Hospital and #Chesley community are profoundly grateful for Bruce Power’s $20,000 contribution as part of their $100,000 five-year commitment. Intended to assist with funding for the hospital’s cardiac monitors, Bruce Power very generously welcomed using these funds towards COVID-19 needs.

In the wake of the retirement of two of the Foundation’s board members, Bob Miller and Keith Elder, the Foundation welcomes Chris Fischer to the Foundation Board. Chris has worked with South Bruce Grey Health Centre since 1986, 23 years at Chesley, the past 10 years with the Purchasing Department, Walkerton. Chris lives in Chesley with her family; husband Doug, 2 incredible daughters, 2 awesome sons-in-law and three adorable grandsons. Keith has been with the Foundation since 2016. Bob started with the Chesley Memorial Hospital Board going on to the then newly founded Chesley & District Health Services Foundation. The Foundation and the Chesley community thank you both for your years of volunteer service and the contribution of your life experience. Our Best Wishes to you both.

Way back when in February, before COVID-19 lockdowns, physical distancing and self-isolation, a couple of the Foundation board members had the opportunity to see first-hand some recently purchased equipment in action at the #Chesley Hospital. The Foundation appreciates the technicians taking the time to show us how it all works. It is so easy, with so much attention on COVID-19, to forget about the on-going day-to-day equipment hospitals need to function and provide the best health care they possibly can for their communities. The Foundation takes this opportunity to send out this reminder to continue the generous support for Chesley Hospital to meet these immediate and future equipment needs. Donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 40, Chesley or made via our website: www.chesleyfoundation.ca

SBGHC is seeking donations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Visit our website for a list of items that are needed and information on the drop off locatio...n. Your support for our health care workers is sincerely appreciated! If you are considering a donation of handmade PPE (masks, gowns, head covers), please read this important information first https://bit.ly/2UUCAys. Thank you! #inittogether See more

JOIN IN the 7:30PM front door, porch or balcony THANK YOU to our healthcare workers. On March 19, the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (@RNAO) asked all Ontarians to help thank and support our nurses, doctors and other health care workers for their ongoing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bang some pots & pans, sing a song, applaud or honk your horn and share on social media #TogetherWeCanDoIt and #Cheer4HealthWorkers.

SBGHC is hiring temporary, part time nursing students and pharmacy technician float positions to support our four sites (Chesley, Durham, Kincardine, Walkerton)... during the COVID-19 pandemic. View the job descriptions here: Nursing students https://bit.ly/2JlHL5h Pharmacy technicians https://bit.ly/2Jmi4Bv See more