Northumberland Hills Hospital

10/27/2025

🎉 It’s World Occupational Therapy Day and we’re celebrating our amazing Occupational Therapists (OTs) at NHH! 🙌

Licensed OTs play a vital role in helping people of all ages to overcome challenges with performing everyday tasks after they have sustained injuries, or due to a prolonged illness or disability. They work closely with patients to adapt everyday tasks and environments, plan an occupational therapy program, and suggest assistive tools to help them regain independence, and get back to doing what they love. 💪💙

Thank you for the incredible care and support you provide every day!

Shown left to right: (back row) Brittany, Jennifer, Jessica (front row) Kelsey, Kim, Nichol

10/25/2025

October 25th marks the last day of National Respiratory Therapy Week in Canada! 🫁

Let’s all take a deep breath and celebrate the dedicated Respiratory Therapists (RTs) who provide care for patients of all ages with breathing and cardiopulmonary conditions. RTs are involved in a wide range of care, including: managing chronic illnesses like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They also provide critical assistance with anesthesia, and deliver respiratory support in critical care settings. Our NHH team is grateful for RTs’ expertise and compassionate care, today and everyday.

Shown from (left-to-right): Sarah, Sarah, Kristen, Angie, Vanessa and Riley.

10/24/2025

October 20-26 is Canadian Intensive Care Week, a time to recognize the incredible teams who provide lifesaving care.

Each year, over 100,000 Canadians receive life-saving care in Intensive Care Units across the country.

At NHH, our critical care team operates as a Level 3 Basic ICU and supports patients of all ages through some of life’s most challenging moments. Their skill, compassion, and round-the-clock dedication make a difference not only for patients, but for patients’ families and caregivers too.

Please join us in thanking NHH’s intensive care team for their commitment to providing exceptional patient care close to home.

10/23/2025

October 20 – 25 is Health Information Professionals’ Week in Canada and it’s a chance to highlight the professionals who ensure Canadians’ health information is accurate, accessible and relevant.

Health information is a key driver of safe, high quality and timely care. Here at NHH we are very grateful for the exceptional teams we have involved in this important work.

From Health Records to Performance and Analytics to Admitting / Registration and more, these teams bring integrity and a keen attention to detail to essential functions including: coding, release of information, chart completion, privacy, performance and analytics, registration and admitting and more. Their work supports clinical decisions, policy development and funding—ensuring every health story is documented completely.

Please join is in saying happy Health Information Professionals’ Week! Thank you for the hard work you do every day.

10/22/2025

October 22, 2025, marks the 22nd anniversary of the day Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) opened its doors to the very first patient.

A lot has happened in the past 22 years! One constant has been the commitment of the NHH team comprising staff, physicians, midwives and volunteers and the outstanding support we have received from our Northumberland and area community. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ontario Health and many health and social care partners, we have grown our services and our human resources throughout the years as we work, together, to serve a growing, aging and increasingly diverse community.

Where will we be in the next 22 years? Coming soon will be a series of opportunities to contribute to the next NHH Master Plan “Growing Care for the Future” – stay tuned! NHH would not be the place it is today without the support of the wonderful community we serve and we look forward to growing together in the decades ahead. Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation Northumberland Hills Hospital Auxiliary

10/17/2025

October 12-19 is Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) Week.

While not as visible as many members of the hospital team, MDR Technicians are very active behind the scenes, ensuring the safe sterilization, preparation and storage of the medical instruments and equipment necessary for medical procedures throughout NHH.

We (literally) could not operate without them, and in addition to their critical work for our growing Surgical Services department, they are essential to ensuring medical devices are safe, sterile and ready when needed through the entire hospital.

Please join us in a sincere thanks to our MDR team for protecting patient safety by continually working to ensure exceptional infection control practices. Shown from L-R are: (1st row) Penny, Ida, Tina, Wioletta and (2nd row) Cindy and Kerstyn.

10/16/2025

Join the Northumberland PACE partners and guest speaker Micki McLean on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 5:30 for what promises to be a great discussion on “Independent Living As We Age.”

Pre-registration for these free, virtual events is required. Find details and a link to the Zoom registration at www.pacetalks.com

For more information, see the related news release at https://nhh.ca/nhh-main-news/join-the-northumberland-pace-speakers-series-virtually-to-explore-the-topic-of-independent-living-as-we-age-on-thursday-october-23-at-5-30-pm

Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation Ontario Health Team of Northumberland Community Care Northumberland Northumberland Family Health Team Community Health Centres of Northumberland Lakelands Public Health

10/10/2025

Closing out Emergency Nurses Week 2025 with a public shout-out to this amazing NHH team. Today and every day, we’re grateful for the skilled Emergency Department nurses who provide critical care 24 hours a day, seven days a week to this community. Representing our NHH team are, from left to right: Sorana Burian NP, Jessica Samoyloff RPN, Rachel Klompmaker NP, Ashlea Richardson NP Student, Cassie Reid RN, Jeannette Greydanus RN, John Allen RN, Emily Lonsberry RN and Amanda Mayock RN, Patient Care Manager. To the nurses shown here, and the many more who are also part of this team, including peers at our neighbouring hospitals, thank you!

10/09/2025

October 6 through 11 is Sonography Week in Canada and in partnership with Sonography Canada - Échographie Canada we’re taking this opportunity to honour the skill, precision and heart of this very hard-working and dedicated team within our busy Diagnostic Imaging department. We’re grateful for the support this team provides throughout NHH and we hear that same gratitude in patient feedback underscoring how much their personal care, compassion and kindness mean to patients and their families.

Join us in sending up a big thank you to our sonographers who truly model NHH’s Shared Purpose of People First every day. Shown in this photo taken earlier today are (l-r): Kaitlyn, Elena, Jocelyn, Carolyn, Jocelyn (student) and Kate. Credit to team manager Ken G for snapping this photo!

10/04/2025

On October 4, NHH stands with community partners across Canada supporting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Action 41(i) in observation of Sisters in Spirit Day, a national day honouring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, transgender and gender-diverse people and their families.

As health-care providers, we are committed to listening, learning, and lending our voices to end violence as we work to ensure equitable supports are in place for all. We remember those lost, and we commit to action to ensure safety and equity for all.

09/30/2025

We are all treaty people.



https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html

09/27/2025

Shout-out to the awesome team in the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation for their hard work and creativity in support of capital equipment needs at NHH. ❤️Good luck to all who are hoping to catch the ace!

Come and purchase your Catch the Ace tickets at the Cobourg Farmers' Market until 1:00pm today!

If you can’t make it down, visit NHHCatchtheAce.ca to purchase them online!