World Diabetes Day is marked every year on November 14th which was the birthday of Sir Fredrick Banting. This year also marks a historic milestone – it was 100 years ago in 1921 that Banting and his colleague Dr. Charles Best started their experiments leading to the first successful insulin injection, a lifesaving treatment for Diabetes. This year, the World Diabetes Day theme is “Access to Diabetes Care: If not now, when?”.
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Myth #1: COVID-19 Vaccines alter your DNA
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The Good Food Box (GFB) is a program that has been run by the Smiths Falls Lions Club in partnership with RCHS since 2009. This program has been paramount in offering affordable fresh fruit and vegetables to the community. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to close the Good Food Box program. In response to this, the Town of Smiths Falls partnered with RCSH and The Lions Club, organizing volunteers to deliver the boxes.
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RCHS will be offering flu shots for our rostered clients beginning in early November by appointment only. Clinics will run from 9:00am-3:30pm each day.
Merrickville Site - call 613-269-3400 to book your appointment for the following dates:
- Tuesday, November 2, 2021
- Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Smiths Falls Site - call 613-283-1952 to book your appointment for the following dates:
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Community Health & Wellbeing Week - October 4 - 10, 2021
During the first week of October, Community Health Centres across the province will be spotlighting the importance of working better together to achieve a complete sense of health and wellbeing for all people and all communities in Ontario.
Community Health Centres in our area are working together to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone in our communities.
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Come and link in to our new RCHS Diabetes Support Group for motivation and help with managing your diabetes. We welcome family and friends of those with diabetes as well. This is your opportunity to connect with others with diabetes to talk about issues, concerns, success stories, and support each other. Read more...
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Two hundred and fifteen. Two hundred and fifteen lives taken. Not a footnote for Canada’s history books. Not part of a “dark chapter”, as if it were a story told long ago and now just remembered or revealed to the original authors with surprise. No, 215 lives Read more...
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We express our sadness, grief and solidarity with the Muslim communities of London, Ontario, and Canada after the white supremacist, Islamophobic-fueled killing of a four family members and Read more...
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Visit LGL PH COVID-19 Protection and Vaccines page for details of how to book your vaccine appointment. Booking lines are busy so please be patient or try calling back later in the day or week.
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We are pleased to announce that our Board has adopted our new Mission, Vision, and Strategic Priorities after much collaboration and input from our leadership team, staff, and community partners. Read more...