| Current Media Releases |
 | May 27/2010 - UWO Medical Students to Visit STEGH |
| The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) and the St. Thomas Elgin Health Recruitment Partnership are pleased to host eight first-year undergraduate medical students from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry from May 31-June 3, 2010. |
| May 13/2010 - STEGH Celebrates Nursing Week May 10-14 |
| National Nurses Week takes place this week, honouring the effort and dedication of nurses to the ever evolving health-care system. National Nurses Week, chosen around Florence Nightingale's May 12th birthday, was especially notable in 2010 for it marked the 100th anniversary of this nursing pioneer's death. Today, nurses around the globe carry forward her pledge to professional nursing excellence. |
| April 28/2010 - New Centralized Patient Registration Process and Client Services Area at STEGH |
| Outpatients at the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) will soon be guided to the new Client Services area on the first floor to register for their appointments and tests. Improving the patient registration process, which includes opening the centrally located Client Services area, is part of STEGH’s vision to provide an excellent patient care experience. Patients will notice new signs guiding them to the Client Services area, and a new volunteer information desk will also be located on the first floor to assist patients and visitors. |
| March 25th/2010 - STEGH Announces Plans for Smoke Free Environment Effective May 31, 2010 |
| The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) will join many other healthcare facilities across Ontario and become smoke free. The implementation date will be May 31, 2010, aligning with the World Health Organization’s “World No Tobacco Day”. Smoking will not be permitted anywhere on hospital property including parking lots and formerly designated smoking areas. |
| February 19th/2010 - Out-Patient Laboratory Changes at STEGH |
| Effective April 5, 2010 the new hours of operation for outpatient lab testing at the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital will be as follows:
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| February 22/2010 - STEGH Achieves 3-Year Full Accreditation |
| St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is proud to announce it has received Full Accreditation from Accreditation Canada following its on-site survey in June 2009. Full Accreditation status is the highest level achievable. The survey format, new this year, focuses heavily on patient safety. |
| January 26/2010 - Tractor Plows Into Hospital |
| A tractor is now sitting inside the Atrium at the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH). However, it was no accident! It is there to raise money for the STEGH Foundation.
As part of the 2010 International Plowing Match - - a 50-year old beautifully refurbished John Deere 3010 tractor will be won by a lucky individual. Valued at over $25,000, it was completely restored by Mike Bloetjes of Huron Tractor in St. Thomas. |
| December 16/2009 - Changes at the Continuing Care Centre at St Thomas Elgin General Hospital |
| The number of Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patients at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) has steadily declined over the past year. Improved community placement of ALC patients will allow STEGH to remove twenty Transitional Care beds from service. These beds were allocated in 2004 as a temporary way to address the ALC issue. In fact since June of this year, 17 STEGH beds have been closed as part of the annual summer beds closure and with the continued decline in ALC occupancy they have remained out of service. These 17 temporarily closed beds (on CCC-C and on 4th and 5th floors) will reopen at the same time the 20 Transitional Care beds (CCC –B wing) are closed, to maintain the current overall beds in service at 146. |
| Nov 4, 2009 - Flu Assessment Clinic at STEGH |
| In response to the increasing number of people in the community with influenza-like illness, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) will be establishing an Alternate Site Flu Assessment Clinic in A-Wing of the Complex Continuing Care Centre (CCC.) The clinic will open Thursday November 5th at 2:00p.m. |
| Oct 23, 2009 - STEGH Seeing an Increase in Patients with Flu Symptoms in Emergency Dep |
| The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is seeing an increase in Emergency
Department (ED) visits – in particular, an increase in patients coming to ED with influenza-like illness.
In the past few days, 20-30% of the visits in ED were patients with flu- like symptoms. This is the first surge
STEGH has seen. |
| April 16th/2009 - Learn More About How the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is Performing |
| A new consumer website is helping Elgin County residents learn more about how their local area hospitals are performing.
Unveiled for the first time today, myhospitalcare.ca gives Ontarians an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about how their local hospitals are performing by location, type of care, indicator, or hospital name. |
| May 29th/2009 - UWO Medical Students to Visit STEGH |
| The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) and the St. Thomas Elgin Health Recruitment Partnership and are pleased to host eight first year University of Western Ontario medical students during the week of June 1 - 5, 2009. |
| May 22/2009 - STEGH Emergency Department Reflecting a Safety Message |
| St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is teaming up with Elgin St Thomas Public Health to help share a safety message, to ensure that Elgin County residents do all they can to ‘Be Safe and Be Seen’.
STEGH staff in the Emergency Department (ED) will be wearing reflective arm bands during their shifts the week of May 25th to remind the community to be sure they can be seen by drivers when they are out walking or cycling, or engaged in other activities. |
| May 8th/2009 - Teddy Bear Hospital Highlight of Nursing Week at STEGH, STEGH Celebrates Nursing Week |
| St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) recognizes the everyday commitment, and caring of their Nurses as they celebrate National Nursing Week May 11th to May 15th. The theme this year is „Nursing – You Can‟t Live Without It.‟
“The week is filled with different learning opportunities, free massages from Talbot Trail Physiotherapy, a Wii Golf Tournament, a cooking demonstration by Chef Tracy Jones and other special events for our Nurses,” explains Terri Benwell, Nursing Professional Practice Leader at STEGH. |
| April 17th/2009 - STEGH Celebrates Medical Laboratory Week and National Volunteer Week April 19-25 |
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| Archived Media Releases |
| November 27/2007 - STEGH Scores Above the Provincial Average for Quality of Care |
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| Jan 9th/2009 - STEGH Announces New Chief of Staff and Vice President Medical Affairs |
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| May 28/2008 - UWO Medical Students to Visit STEGH |
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| May 27/2008 - Continuing Care Patients Get Active with the Nintendo Wii Gaming System |
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| July 19/2007 - STEGH Announces New Vice President Medical Affairs |
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| June 10/2008 - STEGH Archives on the Move |
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| May 9th/2008 - STEGH Celebrates Nursing Week May 12-18 |
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| May 22nd/2007 - HONEYWELL HELPS ST. THOMAS ELGIN GENERAL HOSPITAL CUT COSTS, SET ENERGY CONSERVATION |
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| May 18th/2007 - St Thomas Elgin General Hospital and Honeywell Launch Energy Conservation Program |
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| May 16th/2008 - STEGH Does Not Currently Participate in the Hospital Activity Book for Children Prog |
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| June 12th/2008 - STEGH Elects Members to the Board of Governors |
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| May 7th/2007 - Donors Enhance Patient Care as STEGH Foundation Delivers Cheque for $1,288,659 |
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| May 5th/2007 - STEGH Does not Currently Participate in the Healing Hands Busy Book Program |
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| July 3/2008 - Talbot Trail Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal Centre Opening at STEGH |
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| March 18/2008 - High Occupancy Rates at STEGH Limits Bed Availability and Risks Surgery Cancellation |
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| March 31/2007 - Changes to Lab Service in Dutton and Aylmer |
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| March 5th/2007 - STEGH Managing Outbreak with Visitors’ Co-operation |
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| March 13/2008 - STEGH Managing Outbreak with Visitors’ Co-operation |
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| March 8th/2009 - New Obstetrical Training Program Kicks-Off at STEGH |
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| January 18/2008 - STEGH Announces Head Midwife Appointment |
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| March 1st/2007 - STEGH Launches “JUST CLEAN YOUR HANDS” |
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