Mental Health
The following a page designed to share reports, opinions, editorials including challenges and opportunities facing mental health services in Muskoka and area. Each article includes a link to the complete article, as well as the name or group writing the piece. The goal is to highlight diverse research, discussions and share perspectives from experienced professionals within and outside the healthcare sector.
Transportation
Comparative Data Emergency Travel Times for Muskoka SE Parry Sound CAHHMA 2018
Infection Control
Economic Realities
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Hospital Funding Formula
Changes to funding formula squeeze community hospitals Ontario’s government has changed the hospital funding formula. The government has been steadily shifting money for procedures like cataract and hip & knee surgeries to force these services to be centralized into fewer towns
Muskoka mayor: ‘a single site is not acceptable’ for region’s hospitals
Muskoka politicians may have a bargaining chip in hospital debate, says Aitchison Huntsville mayor Scott Aitchison has urged community members to make their voices heard in the debate around future hospital infrastructure in Muskoka. - Metroland file photo HUNTSVILLE...
Get your hands off our hospital ~ Commentary
By Russell Nicholls Here are a few points I’d like you all to consider! Firstly: I am a senior, senior and I just spent a four-day stint in our Huntsville Hospital. Not having been hospitalized for many years, I must admit that there was a certain degree of...
Letter – Muskoka hospital board trying to pull end run with residents
While I very much agree with council’s response to MAHC’s request by boosting the capital financing reserve to cover needed repairs at the two hospitals, I also agree that MAHC once again is trying to pull an end around to fund their choice of hospital for the future...
Is anyone even thinking about Almaguin’s hospital needs?
Travel times for acute care may get much longer No-one in Almaguin wants to see Huntsville's hospital relocated further south. It's just too far away for people in need of acute care to travel. So, it was disturbing when cards generally played close to the chest...
Muskoka politicos ‘not prepared to commit’ to $114M hospital ask … yet
Regional government to wait for future hospital plan ‘district council can support’ before pledging millions in taxpayer dollars MUSKOKA — A leaking operating room ceiling. Ancient patient elevators. Partial sprinkler system coverage. Muskoka’s hospitals need help....