Health & Wellness

FORT FRANCES—The local seniors’ coalition once again is encouraging district residents to take a look inside their medicine cabinets while doing their spring cleaning this month.

A health care milestone for the Kenora-Rainy River District was reached yesterday at the Dryden Regional Health Centre.
Dr. John Porter gave Gary Rumpel of Kenora a “new knee.”
Rumpel is the 1,000th patient to receive a knee arthroplasty through a northwest regional tri-hospital joint replacement program.

By Pastor Sean Ward
The Apostolic Way
United Pentecostal Church

Marriage is planned
In the beginning of man’s history, God created a man called Adam.
Shortly after, God saw that is was not good for man to be alone so He created Eve out of the rib of Adam.
Adam call this new creation woman as she was taken out of man.

The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is pleased to present a new, educational fundraiser this year, “Dinner with Dr. Vergidis & Friends.”
It will take place Friday, April 23 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium, starting at 6 p.m.

A new interactive, online tool is now available to help Ontarians find out more about musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
MSDs—or repetitive strain injuries—occur in the muscles, tendons, and nerves as a result of continued exposure to repetitive work, awkward postures, and other factors.

La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances recently hosted a “mock” consultation to highlight a new virtual program it is establishing that will help people who experience a stroke survive its debilitating effects.

They’re best known for responding to humanitarian crises around the world, but the Canadian Red Cross is hoping to increase its presence in Fort Frances and Rainy River District by forming a local branch council.

Manitoba’s largest hospital is locking some of its hand sanitizer dispensers to try to cut down on theft and potential abuse.
The move came after the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg realized as many as 116 bags of alcohol-based sanitizer were disappearing monthly from its wall dispensers.

Gerd O’Sullivan, a Northwestern Health Unit board member for the Rainy River District Municipal Association, quit smoking on Jan. 18—10 days after the birth of her newest grandson.
O’Sullivan is publicly sharing her experience in hopes of encouraging others to quit during the fifth-annual “Driven to Quit Challenge” hosted by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Feb. 12 celebrates Sexual and Reproductive Health Day, which aims to create awareness and providing information regarding sexual and reproductive health topics.
The focus for this year’s campaign is about increasing awareness of prevention, testing, and treatment of the sexually-transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia.