The Windsor Police Service and Windsor Regional Hospital are pleased to announce the six-month extension of the Nurse Police Team (NPT) pilot program aimed at supporting individuals struggling with substance use disorders and related challenges. The program, launched in May 2023, pairs nursing professionals with frontline police officers to provide proactive, holistic, […]
A third MRI machine at Windsor Regional Hospital is currently in operation and about to ramp up to full capacity, adding thousands of additional scans for patients on an annual basis. In December 2022, the provincial government announced funding for 27 new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines across Ontario including […]
A group of students from St. Clair College are making sure some of our senior patients stay stimulated while spending time in the hospital. Students from the Fashion Design Program have designed and created more than 25 fidget blankets to be given to patients — but what is a fidget […]
Nurses at Windsor Regional were honoured this week to recognize nursing excellence and continuing education efforts. Winners of the Jeanne Mance Extraordinary Nursing Care Awards go to a nurse who continually goes above and beyond to provide compassionate and professional care to patients and exemplifies teamwork, compassion, stewardship and respect. […]
Statement by David Musyj, President and CEO, Windsor Regional Hospital, in response to the 2023 Ontario budget delivered on March 23, 2023 The last three years have been beyond difficult for everyone. I am very pleased to see the Ford government continues to recognize these facts and has made continued, […]
It’s a girl! Windsor’s first baby of 2023 arrived in the early morning hours of January 1 at 1:24 a.m. While she doesn’t have a name just yet, mother Ashley Mears and father Nicolass Bessem say they’ve got a few in mind, but are taking some time to make sure […]
WINDSOR, ON. _ Windsor Regional Hospital is continuing to experience higher than normal patient volumes, which contribute to off-load delays for local paramedics and most importantly, delay our ability to admit patients into our hospital from our emergency departments. These challenges continue to strain our staff despite having close to […]
Windsor Regional Hospital is continuing to experience outbreaks of COVID-19 on multiple in-patient units. To date, a total of 63 patients have tested positive for COVID-19 on the following units: Met Campus: 7 North 6 North 5 North 4 North 4 West Ouellette Campus: 2 North 6 East 7 Medical […]
Windsor Regional Hospital is experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks on the following units: • 7 North, 6 North, 5 North, 4 North, and 4 West at Met Campus • 7 East and 7 West at Ouellette Campus To date, 39 patients have tested positive for COVID-19 on the outbreak units. The majority […]
Emergency Department and EMS Pressures Continue. Patients Encouraged to Seek Alternatives Where Possible WINDSOR, ON. – Windsor Regional Hospital and Erie Shores HealthCare, in conjunction with Essex-Windsor EMS, are reminding the public about capacity pressures across the acute care system in our region causing longer than normal waits, while underlining […]