THUNDER BAY - The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is reminding people in the northwest that cancer screening remains an important preventative health measure even during the ongoing pandemic.
Prevention and Screening Clinical Services with the TBRHSC has launched a new campaign, Cancer Doesn’t Stop for COVID-19, encouraging people to get routinely screened for breast, cervical, and colon cancer.
“We can’t underestimate the importance of cancer screening,” said Tarja Heiskanen, manager of Screening and Assessment Services at TBRHSC.”
“Routine screening can find certain types of cancer earlier, before you have any symptoms. Detecting cancer early means that there is an even better chance of treating it successfully. As an example, colon cancer is 90 per cent curable if found at an early stage.”
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. (tbnewswatch.com/FILE)
THUNDER BAY - People living in Northwestern Ontario can have their say on the strategic direction of health care in the region.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is seeking public input on its upcoming strategic plan 2026, which the hospital says will prioritize community needs and advance partnerships and health system integration.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre president and CEO, and Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute CEO, Dr. Rhonda Crocker Ellacott said the COVID-19 pandemic has created many operational challenges for the hospital.
“It is crucial that we continued planning for how we serve our communities post-pandemic,” she said. “To that end, we want to hear from our front-line staff, the public and our stakeholders to help inspire thinking and create priorities over the next five years.”
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THUNDER BAY The largest cyclotron in Ontario is being used for research, but still can t provide the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with radioactive isotopes for diagnostic imaging procedures on patients.
The machine was installed in a specially-built bunker near the hospital at 1040 Oliver Road six years ago at a total cost of almost $10 million.
The City of Thunder Bay contributed $1.5 million.
Although the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission licensed the cyclotron in 2016, it has yet to receive a sign-off from Health Canada.
In late 2019, hospital officials said they hoped to meet the federal government s requirements by the spring of 2020.
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Health Sciences North and its affiliate, the Health Sciences North Research Institute, have been ranked among Canada’s top 40 research hospitals for a seventh consecutive year by Re$earch Infosource.
“HSN, HSNRI and its researchers have secured more than $9 million, including external grants and contract funding, for studies to support our key goal of enhancing HSN’s academic and research impact,” Dr. Greg Ross, VP academic and research impact, said in a release. “With 43 active clinical research projects and eight new clinical trials started within the past year, our researchers are working directly toward improving health outcomes for our patients.”