Bell customers are experiencing issues calling Haliburton Highlands Health Services, with Bell cell phonesand land lines unable to connect. These callers are encountering either a busy signal or a ‘customer notavailable’ message.Incoming ambulance calls are…
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Haliburton County is low and with some restrictions being lifted by the Province of Ontario, Haliburton Highlands Health Services has updated its visitor policy, effective today (June 10).…
The following are brief reports from the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting held virtually on May 26. By Sue Tiffin The Minden and Haliburton hospital emergency departments will remain open this summer despite the…
By Darren LumThe Matt Duchene Charity Golf Classic to benefit the Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation is taking a swing at it again after a two-year forced hiatus due to the pandemic.Scheduled for July 22…
The following are brief reports of items discussed during a March 24 virtual meeting of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board. By Sue Tiffin HHHS has continued to face nursing and physician staff shortages in…
By Sue TiffinThe following are brief reports from the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting held virtually on Jan. 27. HHHS CEO and president Carolyn Plummer said that while the area’s two emergency departments have…
The following are brief reports from the Haliburton Highlands Health Services board meeting held virtually on Dec. 2. By Sue Tiffin When giving a financial overview, David O’Brien, vice-chair of the board and chair of…
By Sue Tiffin Emergency departments at hospitals in Haliburton County could be closed during certain hours and days in the coming weeks. In an open letter to residents of Haliburton County, Carolyn Plummer, president and…
By Katrina BoguskiThe Haliburton Highlands Health Services board met virtually on Sept 23. CEO Carolyn Plummer provided an update on several issues related to the fourth wave of the pandemic.Her written report, contained in the…
By Chad Ingram Kristin Lythgoe is one of two doctors who recently began working in the emergency department at Haliburton Highlands Health Services, and while Lythgoe may be new to HHHS, she is not new…