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Pontiac CT scanner delivery now expected in February 2024

8 November 2023 à 3:15 pm

After a lengthy acquisition process, the new CT scanner for the Pontiac Hospital is scheduled to be delivered in February 2024. Nicole Boucher-Larivière, CISSSO’s director of local services in Pontiac, told CHIP 101.9 today (November 8) that they had received confirmation that the new scanner would be delivered in mid-February next year. “We are evaluating […]


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Important meeting for CISSSO users’ committee in Pontiac on November 7

3 November 2023 à 11:32 am

After two years of waiting, the Pontiac will finally see a users’ committee set up within the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO), which had been looking for several months to fill this position. The CISSSO selected Pierre Saint-Cyr, who has already managed to set up resident committees within the […]


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Mobile vaccination clinics coming to Pontiac

16 October 2023 à 10:44 am

Updated on 16 October 2023 à 11:44 am

Regional health authority  CISSSO has announced that they will be hosting mobile vaccination clinics for respiratory diseases throughout the Pontiac territory over the coming weeks. According to the CISSSO’s website, vaccination against influenza as well as COVID 19 is recommended for the following groups: People living in residential and long-term care centers, private seniors’ residences […]


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Tentative end to weekend service breaks at Pontiac Hospital

12 October 2023 à 4:09 pm

Updated on 13 October 2023 à 3:17 pm

Regional health authority CISSSO announced in a press release this afternoon (October 12) the end to weekend breaks in some services at the Pontiac Hospital, though they cautioned that the situation “remains precarious”. In late July, the CISSSO announced the Pontiac Hospital would be suspending some services in their ER and ICU on weekends due […]


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Masks mandatory in Outaouais health facilities

5 October 2023 à 3:03 pm

Regional health authority CISSSO has announced that starting Tuesday, October 10, procedural masks will be mandatory in all health facilities, including hospitals, CLSCs, long-term care facilities and La Ressource Rehabilitation Center. The statement notes that the decision was made due to a recent increase in the circulation of respiratory diseases in the region. “The priority […]


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More than $11,000 raised at 5th Pontiac Kidney Walk

25 September 2023 à 3:10 pm

On Sunday afternoon (September 24), dozens of people turned out to the Shawville fairgrounds for the fifth annual Pontiac Kidney Walk. Participants gathered in the Homecraft Hall, before setting off on a marked course around a section of the grounds. Each walker was equipped with a sack of kidney beans, and dropped one into the […]


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Weekly grief support group starting soon in Campbell’s Bay

13 September 2023 à 2:46 pm

A free support group for people dealing with grief is set to get underway in Campbell’s Bay later this month. Ali-John Chaudhary, a psychotherapist who is spearheading the meetings explained that they are for anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one, or for people looking to help someone dealing with grief. Though the group […]


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Charity walk for CHEO concludes at Shawville Fair opening, more than $25,000 raised

1 September 2023 à 4:10 pm

While the opening of the Shawville Fair on Thursday evening (August 31), served as the beginning of another Labour Day weekend packed with activities, it also served as the finale of one man’s walk for charity. Russell Mackay, whose trek to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario has taken him across the […]


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Papa walks 4 Kids coming to the Pontiac later this month

14 August 2023 à 3:30 pm

A sequel to a successful charity walk will be held in the Pontiac   at the end of August. Russell Mackay, 85, will be walking 50 km throughout the Pontiac region to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). While that might be an ambitious feat for anyone his age, Mackay is also […]


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More details on breaks in service at Pontiac Hospital

28 July 2023 à 4:08 pm

The break in some weekend services offered at the Pontiac Hospital announced Thursday prompted much reaction from the public when it was announced. Due to a lack of respiratory therapists, regional health authority CISSSO announced in a press release that they would be cutting back on weekend services in the operating room and ICU that […]


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