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Cervical Cancer is Almost Always Preventable [News]
Published On: October 21, 2019
Every year, about 750 people in Ontario will get cervical cancer and about 160 people will die from it. Getting screened regularly is important because it can find abnormal cells that could become cancer (called pre-cancers). Finding pre-cancers and treating them can prevent you from getting cancer.
Screening Saved My Life: Breast Cancer Awareness Month [Media Releases]
Published On: October 1, 2019
Screening Saved My Life: Corinne’s Story of Strength & Survival October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (St. Thomas, ON) One in eight women are expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Corinne Roos did not think she would be the one. It came just one day after losing her 13-year old German Shepherd – […]
Screening Saved My Life: Corinne’s Story of Strength and Survival [News]
Published On: September 30, 2019
One in eight women are expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Corinne Roos did not think she would be the one. It came just one day after losing her 13-year old German Shepherd – the call from her family doctor that would change Corinne’s life. She had breast cancer. “It’s hard to describe […]
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is now a Fully Accredited Breast Assessment Program [News]
Published On: August 27, 2019
STEGH has received formal recognition by Cancer Care Ontario as a breast assessment program. This means, STEGH joins 70 centres across the province that offer a complete complement of services in the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer.
STEGH is now a Fully Accredited Breast Assessment Program [Media Releases]
Published On: August 27, 2019
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is now a Fully Accredited Breast Assessment Program (St. Thomas, ON) STEGH has received formal recognition by Cancer Care Ontario as a breast assessment program. This means, STEGH joins 70 centres across the province that offer a complete complement of services in the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer. […]
STEGH Achieves Accreditation with Exemplary Standing [Media Releases]
Published On: July 30, 2019
(St. Thomas, ON) St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) has achieved Accreditation with Exemplary Standing – the highest rating a health care organization in Canada can receive. Last month, STEGH hosted a team of peer surveyors from Accreditation Canada – an independent organization that sets standards for quality and safety in health care. The Accreditation […]
STEGH Launches New Strategic Plan – Imagine 2023: Creating a Healthier Tomorrow [Media Releases]
Published On: June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019 (St. Thomas, ON) – St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is pleased to unveil its new Strategic Plan, a road map for the next four years, which will guide the organization’s work to improve health care for patients and the community. “Ontario’s health care system is in the midst of transformative change that […]
Young, Healthy & a Stroke Survivor – Stroke Awareness Month [Media Releases]
Published On: June 6, 2019
June 6, 2019 (St. Thomas, ON) – Two days before Kristin Weber celebrated her 40th birthday, she suffered a stroke. A healthy wife and mother of five-year old son, Jamieson, Kristin may have appeared to be an unlikely candidate for such a serious medical emergency. What may be surprising, is that a stroke can happen […]
Discovery Week Brings Rural and Regional Medicine Front and Centre [Media Releases]
Published On: May 23, 2019
Six million Canadians live in rural and remote communities, making up almost 20 per cent of the population. The Canadian Institute for Health Information reports that less than ten per cent of physicians practise in those areas, but that number has been on the steady increase since 2013. Research has shown that one of the […]
National Medical Lab Week [News]
Published On: May 21, 2019
April 21 – 27 is National Medical Laboratory Week. Medical Laboratory Professionals are essential to your health. Whenever or wherever you need them, they are on your health care team. Have you ever wondered what goes on in the laboratory at STEGH? Watch this video and find out: Medical Lab Week 2019 on Biteable.