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Residents at Lakeridge Gardens, Lakeridge Health’s long‑term care home, knitted individual squares into a single “dignity blanket” that will be used to cover a resident as they are accompanied out of the home after death, Lakeridge Health said Dec. 23. The announcement outlines an end‑of‑life practice
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On Dec. 19, 2025, Lakeridge Health launched the next phase of infrastructure and energy upgrades at Ajax Pickering Hospital and Oshawa Hospital, a project expected to cut utility use by about one-third and modernize critical building systems at both sites in Durham Region. The work involves Lakeridge Health partnering with
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Demolition and site preparation for the Bowmanville Hospital redevelopment began Nov. 5, with three houses at 18, 20 and 22 Prince Street in Bowmanville taken down to clear space for construction. Hospital services remain open during this phase. The Prince Street properties are being cleared and repurposed for future construction
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More than 150 Durham Region Grade 11 and 12 students attended Lakeridge Health’s second Pathways to Care career event featuring panel discussions, simulations and tours. The next event is planned for April 2026. The program was created in response to high interest from local high schools and ongoing health
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Lakeridge Health has announced the opening of a new Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) at Oshawa Hospital. According to Lakeridge Health, the CTU will be jointly taught by family physicians and internists, and is intended to expand medical education opportunities in Durham Region, including for medical students enrolled through Queen’s
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Lakeridge Health announced on Sept. 11, 2025, that it has launched a clinical teaching unit at Oshawa Hospital co-taught by family physicians and internists, with third-year medical students from the Queen’s–Lakeridge Health MD Family Medicine Program beginning rotations this fall, according to the organization. Lakeridge Health said the
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Lakeridge Health announced on September 10, 2025, that Ajax Pickering Hospital has added a new fluoroscopy machine, a real-time X-ray system that the organization says complements an existing unit at Oshawa Hospital. According to a website post by Lakeridge Health, fluoroscopy shows internal structures in motion, similar to a live
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Lakeridge Health said in a Sept. 5, 2025 post on its website that the Lakeridge Gardens dialysis unit, which opened in 2022 in West Durham, has reached its third year of operation. The organization said the unit runs six days a week and can provide hemodialysis to up to 54
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On August 15, 2025, Lakeridge Health said three of its physicians received 2025 Regional Education Awards from Queen’s University’s School of Medicine: two Excellence in Teaching Awards and one Mentorship Award. Lakeridge Health attributed the honours to Queen’s University and said they relate to teaching and mentorship
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According to a July 23, 2025 post on Lakeridge Health’s website, staff at Port Perry Hospital arranged for patient Alex Robinson to leave the hospital briefly on the morning of her graduation so she could attend the ceremony, then return to inpatient care that evening. Clinicians planned a time‑
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Lakeridge Health said on July 7, 2025, that its Diagnostic Imaging team won the 2024/2025 Quality and Person-Centred Care Partnership Award. The award recognizes the Radiation Shielding Practice Change project, which updates how the hospital explains the end of routine lead shielding during most X-rays under new federal guidelines.
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More than 150 high school students from Durham Region, including Clarington, attended the Pathways to Care event at Ajax Pickering Hospital on June 11. The event was organized by Lakeridge Health and offered students the opportunity to participate in interactive sessions introducing various health care professions. According to a Lakeridge