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How recreation therapy can keep us doing what we love: Amanda’s story
Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2022 03:08 PM
Amanda Kidnie is a recreation therapist in the Functional Enhancement Service Unit at Etobicoke General.
A recent patient of mine had been diagnosed with arthritis a few years ago. With the diagnosis and the pain that came with it, they felt they had to give up a favourite pastime and passion of theirs: knitting.
I decided we were going to try everything we could to get her back to doing what she once loved.
During the patient’s assessment, we discussed how her reduced mobility prevents her from...
Dani leads with compassion, even in an emergency
Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 09:13 AM
Dani is a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department (ED) at Osler’s Etobicoke General Hospital, a role she’s held for the last five years.
EDs across the province have faced immense pressures as a result of the pandemic, but Dani and her team continue to face these challenges with compassion, adaptability and a patient-first approach.
Supported growth from surgery to emergencyDani started her career at Osler in 2012 as a new graduate in the General Surgery department before transitioning...
Letter to the community from William Osler Health System
Posted on Friday, January 14, 2022 12:39 PM
On January 1, we welcomed in a new year – albeit one that looks very different from what we imagined even just a few weeks earlier. The highly-transmissible Omicron variant struck relentlessly, spreading rapidly through our community and across the world, pushing us all into unchartered waters.
The emergence of Omicron, at this particular moment in time, has put our health care system under enormous pressure. Despite this, Osler remains a safe place to receive care and to work.
Our teams continue...
Resource nurse happy to be ‘back home’ in Peel Memorial’s Urgent Care Centre
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2022 12:02 PM
On December 6, Pat Somasundaram, a resource nurse in Peel Memorial’s Urgent Care Centre (UCC), arrived for her first shift in the UCC since it closed in April 2020. Pat, like many of her colleagues, had been redeployed to another area in the hospital to support care where the need was greatest during the height of the pandemic. We caught up with her to find out a little more about her role at the UCC and why she’s so excited to be ‘back home’.
What are some of the roles and responsibilities of a...Osler initiates Code Orange to address capacity pressures and staffing challenges
Posted on Monday, January 03, 2022 05:31 PM
On Monday, January 3, William Osler Health System (Osler) declared a Code Orange (Stage 2). This is due to an increase in COVID-19 patient volumes across Osler and staffing challenges that have affected the hospital’s capacity.
“Osler has enacted all contingency planning and has reached Stage 2 of a Code Orange, which is typically used when demand outpaces capacity to ensure internal and external resources are deployed efficiently,” said Dr. Naveed Mohammad, President and CEO, William Osler Health...
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