Windsor Regional Hospital
1995 Lens Avenue N8W 1L9 Windsor, ON, Canada

Happy Valentine’s Day Windsor-Essex. Thank you for helping to lower the transmission rates. Please keep up with those efforts to keep our community safe. (Photos courtesy of snapd Windsor contest) ... #StayHome #StaySafe #TogetherWeStayStrong

Now that the #COVID19 outbreak on the 8 West unit at Ouellette campus is over, there are no current outbreaks at either campus at this time. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2799

February is Heart Month, dedicated to taking care of our hearts and brains and promoting healthy behaviours because 80 per cent of premature heart disease and stroke is preventable with healthy choices. This is particularly relevant right now, as many Ontarians are now confined to their homes, resulting in increased stress, decrease in physical activity and potentially leading to unhealthy eating or a reduction in access to healthy foods and increased use of tobacco and nico...tine. In Windsor-Essex, approximately 800 patients are admitted to acute care due to a stroke every year. #Heartmonth #HeartandStrokeBeatAsOne @heartandstroke https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2793

The WRH Board of Directors meets this Thursday, January 7, at 5 pm. Please view the meeting agenda and live streaming link here: https://www.wrh.on.ca/calendar?eventid=234&edate=2021-01-07

Many residents in Windsor and Essex County may not recognize the name, but Dr. Richard Johnson is a local pioneer in the medical world. A plaque is up at the entrance to the Regional Renal Program at Windsor Regional Hospital located next to the Ouellette Campus in the Bell building, to honour the program’s founder Dr. Richard Johnson. We are happy for this recognition and remembrance of his accomplishments, says Alan Johnson, Dr. Johnson’s son.... In December 1964, Dr. Johnson started the Chronic Renal Dialysis Program at the former Grace Hospital, which was a first of its kind in Canada. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2792

Windsor Regional Hospital to begin transferring patients to Chatham and Sarnia due to the lack of acute care beds. As of Monday, January 4th, WRH had 74 in-patients admitted to the hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19. "Our aging infrastructure cannot accommodate safe, quality care for all of our patients given the recent surge in COVID-19 patients requiring admission to hospital and requiring isolation protocols," said Karen Riddell, WRH Chief Nursing Executive an...d Chief Operating Officer. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2757

Windsor Regional Hospital has received its second shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today. "As a province and hospital we are doing all we can do to get vaccines into people’s arms. We need supply to increase in order to vaccinate more," said hospital CEO David Musyj. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2756

It sure hasn’t been easy in the last 12 months to stay active! Between work stress, stress eating, and fatigue, and gyms being closed most of the time and now the cold weather it hasn’t been easy for many of us to try to get fit, let alone stay fit! We are all feeling the effects of this pandemic. That's why we want you to get up, get moving, and challenge yourself and others to move for 200 minutes by March 14th by joining the WRH team for the United Way’s iMove event! You... can join our Healthcare Heroes team. You can also invite friends outside of WRH, and family members to participate too, including kids! The cost to register is $20 for adults and $5 for children. You can register and participate, or instead just donate to a WRH team member to support your colleagues. All proceeds will fund youth mental health programs in our community. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2797

A new year renews concerns for healthcare providers grappling with COVID-19 in Essex County. There has been an added 215 positive cases locally of COVID-19 conf...irmed Sunday, according to numbers released by the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. That number comes on top of the added 439 positive cases from the previous two days. Our team at ESHC has gathered our partners in the region to have an upfront, personal, and frank discussion on how this impacts you, your family, and the sustainability of local healthcare in Essex County for weeks... and months ahead. Panelists include: - Bruce Krauter, Chief, Essex-Windsor EMS - Kristin Kennedy, CEO, Erie Shores HealthCare - Janice Kaffer, CEO and President, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare - Dr. Wassim Saad, Chief of Staff, Windsor Regional Hospital Arms Bumanlag hosts this hour streamed here on Facebook Live talking with our healthcare leaders about how patients are coming into the hospitals at an alarming rate, sicker than before - and we haven't seen the implications of the holidays yet. This interactive forum will be driven by you - our community, as we plea for you to do your part. Please send your questions directly to [email protected] and we will answer as many as we can on the live broadcast. Please share - and tune in TODAY Monday, January 4th at 1pm here on Facebook. Help us, help our healthcare teams. Stay home. Wash Your Hands. Physical Distance. #StopTheSpread

A new year renews concerns for healthcare providers grappling with COVID-19 in Essex County. Over the past two days, there has been an added 439 positive cases ...locally of COVID-19, according to numbers released Saturday by the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. Our team at ESHC has gathered our partners in the region to have an upfront, personal, and frank discussion on how this impacts you, your family, and the sustainability of local healthcare in Essex County for weeks... and months ahead. Panelists include: - Bruce Krauter, Chief, Essex-Windsor EMS - Kristin Kennedy, CEO, Erie Shores HealthCare - Janice Kaffer, CEO and President, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare - Dr. Wassim Saad, Chief of Staff, Windsor Regional Hospital With more patients admissions this week than ever before - Arms Bumanlag hosts this hour streamed here on Facebook Live talking with our healthcare leaders about how patients are coming into the hospitals at an alarming rate, sicker than before - and we haven't seen the implications of the holidays yet. This interactive forum will be driven by you - our community, as we plea for you to do your part. Please send your questions directly to [email protected] and we will answer as many as we can on the live broadcast. Please share - and tune in Monday, January 4th at 1pm here on Facebook. Help us, help our healthcare teams. Stay home. Wash Your Hands. Physical Distance. #StopTheSpread

Mike Ouellette was working at St. Clair College today when he received a phone call that his ticket number was drawn in the Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation's Mega Monthly 50/50 Draw. He takes home $110, 410! Ouellette plans to give some of it to charity and share it with family. Tickets for the next Mega Monthly 50/50 Draw go on sale January 4th.

It’s a girl! WRH’s 2021 New Year’s Baby, Lia Valantana Cerrascu Gutierrez, was born at 12:42 am and weighs 5 pounds, 12 ounces. Congratulations to first-time parents Diana and Luis!

As part of our 12 Days of Giving campaign, we asked staff to tell us about what they are doing to spread some holiday cheer in our community this season. A small group of staff at Windsor Regional Hospital spent part of their Sunday early in November helping those in need. #spreadjoynotcovid... https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2680

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) and Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) are coordinating efforts to plan the rollout of initial, limited vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus starting next week. The plan will see a limited supply of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Each individual would require two doses of the vaccine. We cannot yet confirm specific numbers of doses we expect to receive and the exact date for initial vaccinations is not confirmed at this time. The first ...group the Ontario government is focusing on is employees who work at Long Term Care/Retirement Homes (LTC/RH) (not in outbreak) in Grey - Lockdown/Red - Control regions in the province, like Windsor and Essex County. The individual LTC/RH employees will be independently scheduled for inoculation. For more information, please click the link below: https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2734

Patient perspectives, equity, diversity and inclusion discussions are some of the topics covered in this year's 5th biennial International Cancer Research Conference hosted by the Windsor Cancer Research Group and WE-Spark Health Institute. The virtual conference begins today with 200 people registered to attend from across Canada, the U.S, the Philippines, Iran, Switzerland and South Africa. WE-Spark Health Institute, Windsor Cancer Research Group - WCRG... https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2684

The WRH 50/50 Grand Prize Jackpot is now over $100,000! Buy your tickets before 11:59AM today for your chance to win! www.WRH5050.ca

Windsor Regional Hospital is participating in a cutting-edge clinical trial to treat some COVID-19 patients, which is offering hope for a more viable treatment in the future. https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2679

We are LIVE with June Muir and Dr. Natalie Malus discussing COVID-19 and the toll physical toll it takes. Post your questions or comments for our guests in the comment section below. #COVID19 #CopingWithCovid #FacebookLive

The first Mega Monthly 50/50 winner will be drawn tomorrow at noon. The growing jackpot is now over $90,000! Head over to www.WRH5050.ca before 11:59am tomorrow, Friday, December 18th to buy your tickets for a chance to win!

REMINDER: We’ll be LIVE today at 12 pm (noon) talking about the physical toll of the COVID-19 virus. Our panel will also take your questions live! #CopingWithCovid

Registration is now open for this free online workshop to help support those caring for loved ones at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more: https://www.wrh.on.ca/newsroom?newsid=2683

In this week's episode of "Ask Dr. Siddall, "Dr. Tamara Siddall, Primary Care Lead for ESC RCP, speaks to what we can all do to lower our cancer risk. Watch here: