News & stories

When Forest Heights long-term care resident, 85-year old Bob Charters, was transferred to WRHN's Freeport Campus to recover from COVID-19, our no visitors guidelines meant face-to-face visits weren't possible. With support from our staff, Bob stayed connected with his daughters daily by phone, allowing the family to be together while staying apart. 

In Waterloo Region’s largest lab, the first of two new processing instruments has arrived and will help Waterloo Regional Health Network test up to 1500 COVID swabs every day for faster results.

Waterloo Regional Health Network invites feedback from you on our response to COVID-19, from the community’s perspective. Through this survey, we hope that you can provide your thoughts about what went well and what can be improved. This feedback will be used to help guide planning for the future.

Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN), in partnership with 50 other academic and community hospitals across Canada and New York, is participating in a study on the effects of convalescent plasma as a treatment method for COVID-19. 

Susan Udema was at home getting ready for a regular shopping trip, when her grandson noticed that something was very wrong. Susan was unable to walk and was having trouble speaking. Recognizing that she was experiencing a health emergency, her grandson quickly called 911 and an ambulance arrived to take Susan to the emergency department at WRHN.

On behalf of Ron Gagnon, President and CEO, and the entire WRHN community, we are proud to recognize the LGBTQ2+ community and show our support during Pride month.

It was a great escape! WRHN's Operating Room team recently transformed their spaces into escape rooms, as the OR and PACU teams worked together to beat the clock and complete a list of education puzzles in a new approach to educational simulations. Engaging all staff members, simulations like this one are safe spaces for staff to learn and review in a hands-on learning environment, enhancing patient safety while focusing on continuous quality improvement and patient-centered care. 

In preparation for a global shortage of personal protective equipment, WRHN has begun reprocessing N95 masks and now has more than 1000 reprocessed masks available to support care if these resources become needed.  

An $8.5-million series of gifts from the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Family Foundation has benefitted local hospitals in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation is honoured to announce a gift from Equitable Life of Canada for a total of $4.6 million.