Starting on Thursday, March 28th, outpatient laboratory services will move from the Kincardine Hospital to the Kincardine Family Health Team at the Hawthorne Community Clinic.
The transition of this service is part of South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s (SBGHC) Budget
Recovery Action Plan, which was released in late January. SBGHC is facing a significant financial challenge this year, and since the hospital does not receive funding for outpatient laboratory testing, SBGHC is moving this lab testing to a private community laboratory which is funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Laboratory testing for inpatients and emergency patients will remain in the hospital.
The new partnership between SBGHC and the Kincardine Family Health Team will allow hospital laboratory staff to continue to collect samples from patients at the Hawthorne
Community Clinic, making it relatively seamless for patients. The samples collected will be sent to Life Labs for processing. Patients will benefit from being able to access their own lab results online through Life Labs.
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