West Nipissing General Hospital

A message for patients and families this respiratory season:

Hospitals across Ontario are seeing respiratory, COVID-19 and flu related hospitalizations increase rapidly with numbers expected to peak later this month and run into early April.

At the WNGH, we are seeing increases in the number of patients coming to our emergency department, which may mean longer wait …

As part of our Sprinkler Project renovations, the Emergency Department will be relocated from January 6th until early-mid March 2025. This will NOT affect Emergency services.

The Emergency Department will be relocated to the Operating Room.
Wait times may be longer.
Patient navigators will be at the Main entrance to direct patients/visitors.
Updates will be …

We are pleased to share that the Phase 02 Medical Student’s Orientation held at WNGH on September 3, 2024, was a great success! A heartfelt thank you to all the physicians who participated and contributed to making the event smooth and impactful.

Dear Valued Patients,

We are committed to providing the safest and most efficient care for our patients. To reduce risks for our immunocompromised patients in shared spaces, we are trialing a new process for lab work:

1. Discontinuation of Health Card Stickers: We will no longer use stickers on health cards to identify oncology patients for priority …