Publications

Thunder Bay 50/50 Draw Helps Fund Homegrown Mammography Alternative… and That’s Just the Beginning

December 12, 2023

The Thunder Bay 50/50 Draw provides funding for local and regional healthcare. It has helped fund something extra special: a new mammography alternative researched, developed, and manufactured right here in Thunder Bay. Proceeds from Thunder Bay 5050 ticket sales have and will go directly to improve Regional Breast Cancer Care such as the purchase of a Radialis unit, only the third one to be installed in the world after Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

How Jessica Brown Became Her Own Health Advocate after Her Cancer Diagnosis

December 12, 2023

Jessica, who was 26 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (left), advocated for her baby. Thanks to research done by her oncologist, she gave birth, during chemo treatment, to a healthy baby boy, Lennox (right), who is 2 ½ years old today.

Report from Gord Wickham

December 8, 2023

Our Hospital’s Board Chair, Gord Wickham, shares some key updates, successes and reflections from the most recent Board of Directors meeting on December 6th.

From L-R: Marta Nesti, RN, NICU; Brianne Belanger, RN, NICU; Amy Halvorsen, Manager, Paediatrics & Paediatric Outpatient.

Giving Tuesday donations fund NICU equipment upgrades

December 6, 2023

Newborns at the hospital needing extra medical care will have new equipment available to them courtesy of donations made on Giving Tuesday.

Congratulations to Trina Diner, 2023 RBC Innovation Hero of the Year

November 23, 2023

Trina Diner, Manager, Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network (NWORSN), Neurology, Cardiac Diagnostics and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), is the winner of the 2023 RBC Innovation Hero of the Year award for the development of NWO Navigate Application: an app for navigating stroke care in Northwestern Ontario.

National Kinesiology Week (November 20-26)

November 20, 2023

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is joining others across Canada to celebrate National Kinesiology Week (November 20-26).

Health Research Speaker Series: Research Support Services at Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute (December 7)

November 15, 2023

Rabail Siddiqui has over five years of experience in research, ranging from basic sciences, to clinical and translational research. She has worked for the Orthopaedic Research Program at TBRHRI for the last three years and has been covering the position of Research Development Coordinator since May 2021.

The Centre for Complex Diabetes Care team at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre wears blue to raise awareness of diabetes, its risk factors and the importance of having access to the right information and care.

World Diabetes Day (November 14)

November 13, 2023

Diabetes is a serious chronic disease characterized by the presence of high blood sugar. This occurs because the body is unable to make enough of the hormone insulin (type 1), the body is not able to use its supply of insulin properly (type 2), or both. Having high blood sugars over a long period of time can lead to serious health complications including increased risk of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, blindness, nerve damage, wounds, and amputations.

MRT Week (November 5-11)

November 6, 2023

This week, we’re celebrating Medical Radiation Technologists (MRT) and Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (DMS) who play an integral role in patient care. Medical radiation technologists (MRT) and diagnostic medical sonographers (DMS) perform diagnostic imaging examinations and administer radiation therapy treatments. So, if you have ever had an x-ray, CT scan, MRI, nuclear medicine procedure, ultrasound or radiation therapy, you have been in contact with an MRT or DMS. They can be found in emergency departments, operating rooms, mobile breast screening vans as well as diagnostic imaging departments and clinics.

Prioritizing Men’s Health

November 2, 2023

Men’s health is a topic of importance, but talking about it isn’t often part of day-to-day conversation, and this has to change. In speaking with medical experts Dr. Samer Khalil, chief of psychiatry at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and Dr. Walid Shahrour, a urologist at TBRHSC, three common themes appear across their practices. Here is what they have to say about critical aspects of men’s health that deserve our attention and action.

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