newsnow Niagara e-edition October 29 2015

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Tulip turnout

A big crowd turned out at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre’s Millennium Forest on a damp Saturday to witness the official

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unveiling of a 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden. For more information, see Page 13. McPherson - Photo

WLMH getting TLC

Study, upgrades both needed By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The next phase of Hamilton Health Sciences’ “Our Healthy Future” process may be delayed until after the new year, but other key changes at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital are rolling out as planned, say hospital officials. “We will be sharing what we saw and heard in the initial round of publc meetings said Aaron Levo, HamiltonHealth Sciences vice-president, communications, adding

the goal is to finalize the study process in 2016. “That document will be a 2-year vision and provide a touchstone for all we do.” Taking data, community input and best evidence to complete an inventory of the local health care’s current state, Levo said part of the goal was to learn what residents value most. “People had a lot of stories,” he said, noting Grimsby was the only community to host two

meetings in 10-session roster of communities visited. While that percolates, WLMH president Rebecca Repa said HHSC is moving ahead with investments on several fronts to continue an attempt to improve the aging facility. A $5.4 million capital expenditure is in the tender process. “It is not exciting in terms of high profile items but it is important infrastructure like electrical and plumbing work

getting done: very necessary work,” said Repa. Part of the work will be a $1 million component to improve technology improving wireless conectivity, among other things. Other items will include: • $250,000 to be spent on the emergency department; • two new ultrasound units have been added, with the help of WLM Auxiiary, Repa noted, to allow expansion of service to weekends and

after hours; • an electrocardiograph will be added • a major change to surgical procedures will be implemented. “We will be able to do ‘open-through-incision’ procedures, which is a much less invasive surgery,” said Repa. “That will be great for patients, much less recovery time.” To be able to provide that form of surgery, Repa noted the operating rooms will be retroSee WLMH, Page 2

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