Health

The province of Quebec will create the Quebec Cannabis Society to manage the sale as of July 1, 2018. The government tabled Bill 157 this week to regulate the legalization of marijuana. Those wishing to purchase Cannabis must be at least 18 years to get it. The product will only be visible behind sales counters, […]

There will be a flu vaccination clinic today until 6:30 at the Luskville Community Center and Tuesday November 21 from 8:30 to 5:00 at the Bert Kennedy center in Quyon. Protect yourself against the flu this winter, get the shot.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada will be in the region very soon to explain the latest research on this disease at an information session dinner at the CLSC in Shawville. Sonia Carrière, President of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada in the Outaouais, says that she is looking forward to meeting the patients and […]

The CISSS de l’Outaouais advises the Pontiac population that, there will be no physician present at the CLSC of Mansfield-et-Pontefract (Fort-Coulonge) until 9 pm, tonight. Nurses will be on site to help out the people who go to the CLSC. During these hours, all urgent cases or those requiring a rapid medical consultation will be […]

This week until October 7 is World Breastfeeding Week, giving opportunity to the CISSS de l’Outaouais to demystify and normalize breastfeeding to the general public. Posters were distributed and treat bags will also be handed to maternity centres, CLSCs and community organizations to mothers who giving birth.

Patients awaiting surgery at the Hull Hospital will be operated at other Outaouais facilities such as Shawville and Maniwaki. This is one of the measures taken by the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSS) to address the shortage of nurses in the operating room at the Hull Hospital. After a […]

Last night (Tuesday) at the Conference center in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac MP Will Amos held a forum on the legalization of marijuana in the country. Dozens of people, including on resident from the Fort-Coulonge Mansfield area, Pierre Fréchette, not to be confused with the candidate running for Warden with the same name, had some concerns […]

In a Facebook post last week, Pontiac MNA André Fortin highlighted the announcement of $ 31 million in additional funding over five years as part of “the first ministerial health and wellness policy for men history of Quebec “. André Fortin mentioned that for a few years in the Pontiac, the Auton’homme group is working […]

Mansfield native, Jérémie Baril, who works as a paramedic in Gatineau had the surprise of a lifetime when he went to a residence in Aylmer where he had to deliver a baby. The delivery took place in the private residence and was fortunately without complication. An article published in the newspaper Le Droit tells of […]

Protégez-Vous presents the third edition of the Non-prescription Drugs Guide in collaboration with the Ordre des pharmacistes du Québec. To avoid a visit to the doctor, people often take care of themselves with the use of over-the-counter medications. But caution should always be exercised in consuming these products. Agnès Delavault of Protégez-vous Says that the […]