Join us Tuesday, June 18 for Pride Beading Lunch and Learn, an hour of beading, learning, and community connection.

Where: TBRHSC in the Executive Boardroom (Room #3043)

Date: June 18, 2024

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

Bring your appetite as a pizza lunch will be provided.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations and create beautiful beaded pins. All beading supplies will be made available. We can’t wait to see you there!  Seats are limited.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-pin-beading-lunch-and-learn-pizza-provided-tickets-920855181637?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Dr. Hassan, the Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network team, March of Dimes, stroke survivors and family members for a walk, stroll or roll in recognition of Stroke Awareness Month.

Date: Tuesday, June 18
Time: 7: 00 p.m.
Location: Boulevard Lake (meet at the Rita Street parking lot)

Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there!

All Hospital staff, Health Research Institute staff, professional staff, learners, and volunteers are invited to join us for food and camaraderie as we celebrate the work that has been accomplished in the first two years of our Strategic Plan 2026.

As part of the Staff Appreciation BBQ celebrations, we will be drawing several prizes for all staff, professional staff, learners and volunteers during the BBQ (being held June 13 at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).

Prizes have been donated from a variety of businesses who belong to the Affinity List, we thank them for their continued support for our Hospital and staff.

The TBRHSC Pride Committee will be presenting information booths throughout the month of June highlighting important topics affecting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and how you can be informed for better care.

The first Pride information booth will highlight the History of Pride and 2SLGBTQIA+ Figures in Healthcare and will take place on Friday June 7, at the bottom of the grand staircase from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Members of the Committee will be present between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., but information will be available to view and take with you throughout the day.

Shared on behalf of Ryan Sears – Director, Capital & Facility Services

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Please be advised the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (at the 980 Oliver Road location only) will execute a planned impairment of its entire Overhead Paging System and Fire System tomorrow, Thursday, June 6, 2024 for approximately four (4) hours – starting at 11:00 PM to facilitate project related work for the Renal Pod E renovation.

Our Facilities and Security teams will be enacting and overseeing our Fire System Impairment and Fire Watch procedures, as included in the Fire Plan for our site.

During this impairment, no Hot Work will be authorized. Further, any high risk work that could result in an elevated risk of fire, heat, or smoke should not be planned – please review this within your department and plan to discontinue high-risk activities (i.e. construction, repairs, hot showers, etc.).  Should you observe activities that may be of concern during the impairment, contact your Supervisor or Manager to discuss.

While the Hospital’s Overhead Paging System is out of service, alternate measures will be applied to notify the organization of Emergency Codes and Alerts. Staff will continue to activate all Codes using extension 55. Please see the attached policy for guidance. 

Key things to remember during an outage:

1. Regularly monitor email for emergency code and alert notices issued by Switchboard.
2. Respond to emergency codes and alerts through alternate communication measures, e.g., paging, radios, emails, runners, etc., as appropriate – and activate response as required.
3. Be vigilant in reviewing department activities during the period of fire system impairment.
4. Clinical leads are encouraged to collaborate with their teams to consider alternatives to paging patients back to units, such as collecting Patients’ mobile phone numbers.

Further, in event of fire during this impairment, please execute all steps as outlined in Code Red Policy (EMER-30) and your area sub plan. Should you discover a fire – “REACT”:

R – Remove persons in immediate danger

E – Ensure doors are closed to confine fire or smoke

A – Activate the fire alarm by pulling the nearest pull station

C– Call Switchboard at Ext 55 to report the location of the fire

T– Try to extinguish the fire if trained to do so or continue to evacuate

The contractor for the fire system work is Troy Life & Fire Safety. The Building System Operator is onsite and reachable at cell number 629-7005. Further support will be provided by Security (684-6509) and the on call Facility Manager (cell number 629-3119) as required.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the above, please contact Ryan Sears.