Health


Outaouais community organizations call for increase in provincial funding

15 November 2024 à 3:29 pm

Updated on 18 November 2024 à 8:37 am

With Quebec’s fall economic update scheduled for November 21, an umbrella group representing autonomous community organizations in the Outaouais region is calling for an increase in their funding from the province. Daniel Cayley-D’Aoust, the Director general of the Table régionale des organismes communautaires autonomes de l’Outaouais (TROCAO), explained that they represent a diverse group of […]


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Public information session on radon coming November 2

25 October 2024 à 3:19 pm

A local citizen activist is helping organize a public information session on radon next Saturday in Campbell’s Bay with a group of experts, to mark the beginning of Radon Action month. The free event will take place on Saturday November 2, at the Campbell’s Bay RA Hall (2 rue Second) from 1 p.m. to 3 […]


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Nurses union accepts mediator recommendation, funding allocated for Outaouais

24 October 2024 à 3:37 pm

After more than 500 days without a collective agreement, the union representing Quebec’s nurses as well as other health professionals (FIQ) announced last week that their membership had voted to accept a mediator’s recommendation. The turnout among the FIQ’s roughly 80,000 members was 75%, with 66.3% voting in favour. The provincial government and the FIQ […]


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SOS Outaouais to hold demonstration in Gatineau next week

22 October 2024 à 3:28 pm

Next week, regional health advocacy group SOS Outaouais will be holding a demonstration in Gatineau to decry the disparity between health care funding in the region and the rest of the province. The event will take place on Wednesday October 30 at Espace Canevas (425 boulevard Saint-Joseph in Gatineau) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]


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Quebec considering changes to way patients are assigned to family doctors

15 October 2024 à 11:13 am

Last week, Radio-Canada reported that Quebec was considering a change in how patients were assigned to see family doctors, prioritizing those with serious medical issues. If enacted, the change would mean that patients without serious health issues, even if they currently have a family doctor, would have to go through a version of the the […]


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Users committee gives voice to patients with intellectual disabilities

3 October 2024 à 4:10 pm

While Pontiac residents may be familiar with regional health authority CISSSO’s local users committees, which advocate for patients within a specific facility or local service area, they might be surprised to learn that there is a group that represents patients with intellectual disabilities and autism throughout the Outaouais. Michel Marcotte, a representative of the Intellectual […]


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CISSSO CEO visits Pontiac

1 October 2024 à 2:45 pm

Updated on 1 October 2024 à 3:47 pm

On Monday (September 30) the CEO of regional health authority CISSSO, Dr. Marc Bilodeau, was in Shawville at the Pontiac Hospital for a meeting with local representatives. This is Bilodeau’s second tour of the region since taking the helm of the organization in January 2024. Bilodeau spoke about the recent news reported in Le Droit […]


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Local health care users committee holds annual meeting, discusses regional issues

24 September 2024 à 3:14 pm

About twenty individuals attended the Pontiac users’ committee annual general meeting, which was conducted on Monday, September 23, at the CLSC in Shawville by the regional health authority CISSSO. The committee informs patients of their rights within the healthcare system and provides a forum for community members to provide input on the quality of care […]


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Only one imagery tech departs Pontiac Hospital for city

12 September 2024 à 1:22 pm

Following Saturday’s news that the provincial government had equalized the bonuses for medical imagery technicians in the Outaouais, regional health authority CISSSO is reporting that only one  tech out of four has followed through on their application to work in the city. This leaves the Pontiac Hospital with five out of eight full-time positions filled, […]


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Whooping cough vaccination clinic for pregnant women September 21

10 September 2024 à 3:25 pm

Regional health authority CISSSO is organizing a whooping cough vaccination day for pregnant women in the Outaouais on Saturday September 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 75 boulevard de la Gappe in Gatineau. Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) is a highly contagious disease that can be particularly dangerous for young children an […]


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