The Health Sciences Foundation Family CARE (Care Advancement Recommended by Employees) Grants are here to help you — the family of health care providers that make the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre the excellent facility it is. Family CARE grants can be used to improve the care you give every day. Listen for patient and family suggestions when brainstorming ideas. Initiatives that improve the care we can provide benefit us all!

Download the form (or see below) and submit your completed application to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation (Foundation President’s Office, Room 2232) by Friday, October 18, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. EST.

If you have any questions, please contact Laura Andricciola, Executive Coordinator at ext. 7276 or by email at laura.andricciola@tbh.net.

To celebrate National Infection Control Week, the Infection Prevention and Control team will have a booth at the bottom of the Grand Staircase Tuesday to Friday. Check out the schedule of events below:

Please be advised that a section of the cafeteria, from the banquettes to the end of the east facing windows, will be closed for a private donor event hosted by the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation

This area will be closed on Wednesday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. until Thursday, October 17 at 12:00 p.m.

Food services will remain open.

We thank you for your understanding and support during this time as we celebrate our generous donors.

Encounters in Bioethics 2024-2025 offers a free webinar “International Ethics of Patient Safety” on Thursday, October 24, 2024, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (ET).

Presenter:
Gladys Msiska, PhD, RNM, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (formerly University of Malawi – Kamuzu College of Nursing), Lilongwe, Malawi.

Connect via Zoom: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/91046385175

Certificate of Attendance available upon request to chce@lakeheadu.ca

Also… Save the Date:
Thursday, November 28, 2024, 12-1pm (ET) on Zoom

On November 13th, the Screen for Life Coach will be parked at our Hospital to provide cancer screening services to our staff, professional staff, learners and volunteers.

NEW breast screening age eligibility!

The Coach offers:

Breast screening: Most women, Two-Spirit, trans and nonbinary people, ages 40 to 74 years, should have mammogram every two years.

Cervical screening: Anyone with a cervix aged 25 to 69, who has ever been sexually active, should complete a Pap test every three years.

Colon screening: People aged 50 to 74 with no first-degree family history of colon cancer should complete a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every two years.

Services can be accessed without a referral and are available even if you have a primary care provider.

If you’re due for breast, cervical or colon cancer screening, call (807) 684-7777 to book your appointment.