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Archives for February 2020

suture/instruments

Hi all,

Friendly reminder… don’t throw out equipment that can be cleaned !! ( reusable suture kits, fine instrument trays, etc)

We are loosing instruments left, right and centre!!! Some for sure to the garbage!!

Also – based on the plastics session yesterday – I have asked for 3, 4,5 vicryl rapide in both sites all the time and more derma bond if you plan to use as a dressing!!

I will put my plastics protocol book in SMMH ER tonight as a reference book for anyone to use! Perhaps one of the other docs want to put theirs in HDMH ER?

NEW ED MD

Dr Tony Duarte is planning to join the HDMH group on the regular schedule ( to do 8-10 nights per month primarily) starting July 2020! He’s moving too Ontario! Tony is an experienced ER MD making the move from North Carolina.

Tony is happy to help in SMMH as able too! Is been years since he worked there but he is happy to help .

Plastics at MAHC

Dr Steve McCabe has had two clinics so far at MAHC – Huntsville Site -and next one is feb 14th. He hopes to soon be offering clinics q 2 weeks . As you know his speciality is hands. You can find out his next clinic by calling Switchboard at HDMH.

He is happy to have you text him or call his cell if you need advice about a plastics case involving the hand and /or next clinic/appropriate/question about what to do?/ or not?/etc…to help support us at MAHC and patients at MAHC.cell – 647-205-2243

Cell only for MD use and not for distribution! And I wouldn’t call or text maybe in the middle of the night!!

Dr Tony Yang (gen survey at HDMH) is also happy to help problem solve hand cases and support Dr McCabe presently – reachable by our contact list in ER or through switchboard.

Thanks Tony and Thanks Steve!!

Unattached patients in AFHT catchment

UPDATE: Patients with no primary care that want to be on the AFHT patient wait list need to sign up at algonquinfht.ca website -or if they have no internet they call 705-789-5966 who is the Wellness Hub at Summit Center and get on the list.

Only patients in catchment area or Huntsville, Port Sydney, Utterson, Dwight, Dorset, Baysville, Novar.

They are not accepting patients north of Novar as those patients should contact Burlks Falls or north.

We have no such model for geography south at present but I am gonna reach out to the Cottage Country FHT at ask again if they have a wait list.