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Hospital Insider articles run twice monthly in the Brantford Expositor. Stay updated with information about your local hospital, staff and physician profiles and innovations in BCHS care and service delivery for patients and the community.
Beth Morris and Lana Dunlop

At BCHS, managing patients and beds 'a team sport'

Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2023 08:14 AM

This week's Hospital Insider highlights the tremendous efforts undertaken by staff and physicians at the BCHS to tackle hospital bed shortages.

“Bed management and patient flow...

Lebené Numekevor, Director of Medical Affairs

Hospitals face challenges recruiting doctors

Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2023 08:58 AM

Our professional staff at BCHS continue to overcome recruitment challenges by completing additional shifts to help fill the schedule and maintain our current levels of...

Deb Smith (left), an intensive case manager with the Alzheimer's Society, and registered nurse Sara Revelle are embedded in the Brantford General Hospital emergency department

Local dementia program attracts provincewide attention

Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2023 08:56 AM

This week's Hospital Insider spotlights how BCHS is advancing the care given to dementia patients through coping strategies and community resources. Since the...

Tamara Camilleri RN with Todd Murray Patient

Man says he's lucky to be alive

Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 02:28 PM

When Todd Murray collapsed while watching a football game, he was fortunate that Tamara Camilleri (BCHS RN) was also there to help.

“I was in the bleachers at a Brantford Bisons...

Garnet Lasby is president of Massilly North America

Massilly commits to community's health care

Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2022 03:13 PM

This holiday season – for the third consecutive year – Massilly is making a significant commitment toward the Brantford General Hospital’s emergency department expansion project....

Bob Ion, who recently had a stay at Brantford General Hospital, stands outside the medical facility with his wife Jane.

Hospital stay an eye opener for Brantford man

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 02:12 PM

This week's Hospital Insider tells the story of Brantford resident, Bob Ion, and the gallbladder attack that made him visit the...

Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Early psychosis program provides tools for recovery

Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2022 02:40 PM

This week's Hospital Insider features our Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program. 

“The aim of our program is to equip...

Brantford General Hospital

BCHS needs 178 more nurses

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 12:36 PM

The Brant Community Healthcare System, like many other hospitals across the region, continue to feel the effects of short staffing and demand on the healthcare industry.

Despite...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Ceremony

BCHS Honours National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2022 08:27 AM

This week's Hospital Insider recaps the ceremony that took place on September 30, 2022 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. BCHS employees, professional staff and volunteers...

Clinical educator Angela Burke is surrounded by staff enrolled in the Brant Community Healthcare System Preceptor Program

BCHS Addresses Needs of New Workers

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 04:00 PM

This week's Hospital Insider focuses on the innovative ways that BCHS is enhancing orientation practices in order to better attract and retain new employees.

Angela Burke, Clinical...

Giving heroes the gift of rest

Giving heroes the gift of rest

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 01:09 PM

This week's hospital insider celebrates BCHS as being the recipients of the latest One Tree One Bench initiative developed by architecture students at the University of Guelph.

This...

Janice and Alex Kucharew

Meet Janice & Alex: Survivors and Advocates

Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2022 08:02 AM

Janice and Alex Kucharew are both survivors and advocates.

Alex is in remission for Stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Janice combatted breast cancer.

The experiences that Janice...

Dr. Greg Hall

BGH at forefront of ultrasound technology

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2022 08:37 AM

This week's Hospital Insider features ED physician, Dr. Greg Hall, and his reflections on the use of portable ultrasounds at BCHS. Not only do they continue to greatly...

Dr. Somaiah Ahmed

Emergency physician urges kindness

Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2022 08:18 AM

Dr. Somaiah Ahmed, Chief & Medical Director of Emergency Medicine for the Brant Community Healthcare System, reflects on how she, as well as many others, had to adjust...

Mary Jane Savory retires from BGH after 42 years

'You get out what you put in'

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2022 09:04 AM

Mary Jane Savory recently retired at the end of December 2021 with 42 years of memories working at Brantford General Hospital. Twenty-eight of those years were in the emergency...

Cancer Clinic Introduces EPIC Change

Cancer Clinic Introduces EPIC Change

Posted on Friday, July 08, 2022 08:32 AM

The Brant Community Healthcare System's Cancer Clinic took an EPIC step forward with the launch of the best-in-class electronic medical records system – Epic.

This new system...

Amy Adams (left), manager of health information services with the Brant Community Healthcare System, with switchboard service clerk Lucy Taylor.

Hidden Hero Award presented to hospital switchboard

Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 10:41 AM

This week's Hospital Insider showcases our amazing Switchboard team for their vital role in providing communication to our staff, patients, visitors and community.

Thank you for...

Paul Emerson, chair of the Brant Community Healthcare System board of directors, stands with Fran Lainson, a former nurse at Paris's Willett Hospital

Willett to celebrate 100th anniversary

Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2022 08:26 AM

On June 22, residents are invited to a party to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Willett Hospital in Paris. The event is...

Michelle Demeter (centre) was part of the first class of nursing externs at Brantford General Hospital. She is flanked by Mandy Lindsay (left), clinical extern program co-ordinator at BGH, and Angela Burke, clinical educator and co-creator of the clinical extern program.

BGH program provides 'incredible' experience to nursing students

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:38 PM

Clinical externships offer a unique learning opportunity and partnership for nursing students to gain valuable experience in a hospital setting.

“I work with the students to help...

Dr. Alexandra George (left), who leads a memory clinic at the Grand River Community Health Centre in Brantford, works with Dr. Mihaela Nicula, a geriatric medicine specialist at Brantford General Hospital.

Doctors seek to enhance services for geriatric patients

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 03:54 PM

The Brant Community Healthcare System, the Grand River Community Health Centre and the Alzheimer Society of Brant Haldimand Norfolk...

Janice Caron and Gail Gloster, volunteers at BCHS

Volunteering in memory of her mother

Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2022 08:17 AM

Janice Caron knows she belongs at the Brantford General Hospital. In the eleven years since becoming a volunteer, Janice has...

Joan Minnery

Health scare puts entertainer on new journey

Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2022 12:32 PM

For many years, Joan Minnery travelled throughout North America, entertaining audiences with music, dance and motivational showcases. These days, Joan is on a new journey...

Morgan Gregoric is a registered nurse at Brantford General Hospital

Pandemic forces nurse to adapt

Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 09:07 AM

During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers have had to be reassigned in order to alleviate the impact...

Dr. Gene Jarrell, Emergency Department

Emergency doctor reflects on career

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 09:59 AM

Dr. Gene Jarrell has worked in the Brantford General Hospital emergency department (ED) for 37 years.

Over the years, he has been...

Provincial approval sought to build a better BCHS

Provincial approval sought to build a better BCHS

Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2022 02:15 PM

The Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) has launched an enhanced advocacy campaign to the Ontario Government asking for permission to plan a redeveloped hospital site.

"Modernization...

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