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Your health information now available online
Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 12:49 PM
The Brant Community Healthcare System is making it easier for patients to access their personal health information. Read the full article here.
Nurse on front line of COVID testing
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:41 PM
Mary Attalla did not hesitate when she got the telephone call asking if she would work in the COVID-19 assessment centre. Read the full article here.
BGH nurse discovers niche caring for her grandmother
Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:23 PM
Growing up in Cambridge, Gina Vieira discovered at an early age that she wanted to become a nurse. Read the full article here.
George Campbell: Health-care hero
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 12:47 PM
George Campbell was not a physician but he had the largest practice in town. And he cared for you. To read more click here.
Hospital dietitians face challenges feeding COVID-19 patients
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2020 10:25 PM
Lori Elyk has a critical role caring for some of the sickest patients at the Brantford General Hospital. To read more click here.
Nurse finds niche at BCHS
Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:41 PM
At the beginning of the pandemic, hospitals wanted to hear from retired nurses interested in returning to help. After 8 years of retirement, Patti Clarke returns to BGH. To read...
Education helps RN make a difference
Posted on Monday, June 01, 2020 10:27 AM
For Canadians, it is difficult to imagine the life Matthew Mutamiri experienced in Zimbabwe, where he was born and raised and the journey he took to become a registered nurse at...
ICU nurse's thoughts are with her patients and family
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2020 12:10 PM
Liz McNamara knew she wanted to be a nurse in an intensive care unit. What she did not know is that one day she would be caring for patients in Brantford General Hospital’s...
Allergy doesn't deter career in nursing
Posted on Monday, April 27, 2020 12:08 PM
Jake Oskam considered becoming a teacher but was always fascinated with health care and helping people. Read the full Hospital Insider here.
Yes, let's applaud volunteers
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 03:45 PM
It is an understatement to say that Brant Community Healthcare System’s volunteers miss their involvement with patients, visitors and staff. To read more click here.
Brant pandemic patients do not walk alone
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 09:16 AM
The face masks from the Brant Community Healthcare System – carefully sewn by hundreds of loving hands across our community – are a symbolic gesture that no one needs to walk alone...
Hospital volunteer known for 'trademark smile'
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 04:18 PM
It is two years since Marcy Clark joined the volunteer association at the Brant Community Healthcare System. To read more about her trademark smile click here.
A passion for health care — and skiing
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2020 03:53 PM
It isn’t often that a person with a passion for downhill skiing – born and raised in Warwick, England – ends up in Brantford. Click here to read more.
Seeking to move hospital care out of the hallways
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2020 01:07 PM
BCHS staff work as a team, with all hands-on deck to find the right bed for the right patient at the right time. To read more click here.
Hospitals patients get their say
Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:46 AM
Joy Casarin has found her calling.
After working in the health records departments at hospitals in Kitchener and Cambridge, Casarin retired to St. George. That is when she came...
BGH has its own 'Group of Seven'
Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2020 02:14 PM
The “Group of Seven” at Brantford General Hospital is developing quite a reputation. To read more about these seven high qualified pediatricians click here.
Holidays at BGH: giving inside and out
Posted on Monday, December 23, 2019 11:00 AM
During the holidays, caring for the community takes on extra-special meaning at the Brant Community Healthcare System through a huge spirit of giving and generosity that extends...
With health care, it also 'takes a village'
Posted on Friday, December 13, 2019 11:00 AM
It happens every December.
The Brant Community Healthcare System Foundation launches its annual fundraising campaign – 12 Days of Giving – and I immediately remember the African...
For BGH pharmacy technicians, job is more than counting pills
Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2019 11:00 AM
If you have been a patient at the Brant Community Healthcare System, it is likely that pharmacy technicians helped care for you. Maybe it was even Rachel Damota or James Ewing....
'The Nurse' returns to BGH
Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:00 AM
The medals and certificates awarded to a nurse, who graduated from the Brantford General Hospital School of Nursing more than 100 years ago and served in both World Wars, are back...
Changing face of local health care
Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:00 AM
In a small office tucked away at the Brantford General Hospital, planning is underway to improve the way local health care will be provided in the future. To read the full Hospital...
Kerri's Krew fights ALS
Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:00 AM
If you have been a patient or a visitor recently at Brantford General Hospital, you may have seen hundreds of nurses, physicians and other employees going about their jobs wearing...
Healthcare staff launch plan to combat influenza
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2019 11:00 AM
Dr. Tom Szakacs, an infectious disease specialist at Brant Community Healthcare System, makes a good point.
“If car manufacturers invented an airbag that could improve your chance...
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