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

Every second counts in a medical emergency – especially when it comes to stroke. “If I could go back I would call the ambulance sooner...those few hours could have made a difference” says Benjamin (Ben) Andrews.

In alignment with our regional healthcare partners, and in the interest of ensuring that our patients are receiving care in the safest possible environment, Brant Community Healthcare System will not be lifting masking requirements for staff, medical staff, volunteers, patients, or visitors.

BCHS is celebrating the Willett's 100th anniversary on June 22! The event is taking place outdoors from 5pm to 8pm and will have food, live music, games, prizes and more!

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

The Brant Community Healthcare System Wellness Committee has launched the new BCHS Wellness Wagon! The Wellness Wagon is an initiative to encourage wellness and show appreciation to BCHS employees, medical staff, volunteers and learners.

In an exciting step forward for the BCHS Redevelopment Project, a lease agreement has been signed between the City of Brantford and BCHS that allows Brantford General Hospital to expand on the hospital parking lot on Terrace Hill Street and on the site of a former fire station on St. Paul Avenue.

The Brant Community Healthcare System, the Grand River Community Health Centre and the Alzheimer Society of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Hamilton Halton have joined forces to expand local memory clinic services.

The Brant Community Healthcare System would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our wonderful RNs, RPNs, NPs, students, and externs. You are each a valued and critical part of our team at BCHS and we are so grateful for, and inspired by your dedication and resilience.

We are in the midst of a sixth wave of COVID-19 that, like the five waves that came before it, has left everyone tired and uncertain. There is not one person in our community that has not been impacted by COVID-19 and we understand the exhaustion that everyone is feeling – we feel it too.