Health

This story has been updated from its original version. This morning (August 27), Quebec’s Health Minister Christian Dubé made a surprise visit to the Pontiac Hospital as part of his tour of the Outaouais, meeting with several local officials to discuss issues facing the regional health authorities. This marks the first time a minister from […]

On Monday regional health authority CISSSO announced the return of the breastfeeding assistance service at the Gatineau Hospital maternity ward. The CISSSO partnered with the organization Naissance-Renaissance Outaouais in order to offer the service, which has been in place since June. The service pairs up new mothers who have given birth at the hospital with […]

At the start of September the free grief support group offered by AutonHomme Pontiac will be returning to Campbell’s Bay. The sessions will take place on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the group’s office in Campbell’s Bay (128 Front Street), starting September 9 and running for eight weeks until November 4. Ali-John Chaudhary, a psychotherapist […]

With changes to Quebec’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law expected to come into force this fall, CHIP 101.9 spoke with an expert from regional health authority CISSSO to find out more about what this means for Outaouais residents. The changes would allow someone with a degenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s to make an advance […]

With the looming possibility of the majority of the medical imagery technicians departing the Pontiac Hospital, the local representative of regional health authority CISSSO spoke with CHIP 101.9 about their planning for the weeks ahead. Imagery technicians handle several types of examinations, from CT scans to x-rays, and quick access to these services is vital […]

The Alliance of Professional and Technical Personnel in Health and Social Services (APTS) announced on Thursday, July 25, that 8 of the 12 imagery technicians from the Shawville, Wakefield and Maniwaki hospitals have obtained positions in the Gatineau Hospital and that their departure was scheduled for September 9. The APTS representative for the Outaouais region, […]

The SOS Outaouais coalition is inviting Outaouais residents to express their opinion on the region’s health system with the launch of an online survey earlier this month. Luc Cadieux, president of the Fondation Santé Gatineau (the organization leading the coalition) explained that the survey was both a way to increase the membership and public profile […]

Late last week, the Quebec government announced that it had come to an agreement with the APTS, the union representing imagery technicians in the region, to extend bonuses of $18,000 to technicians working in the Pontiac region. The bonuses are equivalent to the ones offered to staff at the Maniwaki Hospital, however, are $4,000 less […]

A group of Pontiac physicians have penned an open letter to Quebec’s Health Minister Christian Dubé, requesting that he urgently address the pay disparities for imagery technicians working at the Pontiac Hospital and other facilities in the region. The letter was published in this week’s edition of The Equity newspaper. “We are proud of the […]

Pontiac MNA André Fortin came by CHIP 101.9’s studio on June 20 to discuss the big regional news of the day, which was the announcement of a new location for the proposed hospital in Gatineau. The federal government will be transferring the Asticou Centre, located on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes to the province for the […]