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Otello puts her heart into everything she does

For the last 23 years, Otello has worked as a Registered Nurse (RN), caring for patients in Osler’s Cardiac Procedure Unit. She currently works in the cardiac catheterization lab at Brampton Civic Hospital, where she and her team perform a range of routine procedures, and also respond to cardiac emergencies.

When speaking to Otello, it’s impossible not to feel the genuine passion she has for her work, her team and the patients that she cares for.

A love of health care fostered from childhood

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Letter to the community

Building Brampton’s new Peel Memorial Hospital Written by Geoffrey Ritchie, Chair, Board of Directors, William Osler Health System

As someone born and raised in Brampton, my family and I have relied on the services provided by William Osler Health System (Osler) for many years. A passion for high-quality health care and ensuring our community is well served are some of the many reasons I joined Osler’s Board of Directors nearly five years ago.

Osler’s Board is proud to have set out an ambitious...

Osler recognized by Cancer Care Ontario for game changing cancer diagnosis program

In Ontario and across the world, most patients with cancer are treated at community hospitals. Despite this, community hospitals usually rely on academic hospitals for biomarker testing.

This technology, also known as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), can rapidly diagnose certain types of cancer by examining the genetic changes inside of a tumor. The end result: life-saving treatment can start in a matter of days instead of weeks. In the area of oncology, this is a game-changer.

Guided by our Vision...

Osler's Values one year later

A year ago - in the midst of a global pandemic - we launched our new Values of Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration, Service, Innovation and Respect. I knew that the months ahead were going to be difficult and that the need for a strong set of Values – ones that rooted us to our purpose – had never, ever been greater.

I’ve reflected many times since then on how our Values helped guide us through what turned out to be the most challenging time of our lives and how, along with our Patient Declaration...