General News

The Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) Board of Directors is pleased to welcome three new Directors and two new Committee Appointee Members following their election at the virtual Annual General Meeting on Monday, June 20.

Moreen Miller, who was appointed Board Chair for a two-year term, says the new members bring exceptional knowledge, essential skills, and passion and enthusiasm for making a difference in health care in Muskoka.

While masking requirements in other high-risk areas like public transit will expire on Saturday, June 11, hospitals in Ontario Health’s Central region, including Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), have confirmed their commitment to keep patients, staff, visitors, volunteers and vendors safe through a continuation of the masking requirement within these facilities.

Health experts have agreed that continued use of masking in hospital settings remains a simple and necessary safeguard.

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is pleased to invite members of our communities to attend a celebration of the outstanding work of MAHC staff and physicians at the corporation’s Annual General Meeting.

Please join us virtually on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 7 p.m. to honour the recipients of the peer-nominated Board Award of Excellence and learn more about MAHC’s capital redevelopment, in addition to regular business for the members of the corporation.

The patient and family perspective has never been more important or influential in health care than it is today.  Patients and their family members provide tremendous firsthand experience and feedback that is important to ensuring we are always providing care that is centred around those we serve. 

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is seeking applications from community members who have been a patient or a family member of a patient at either of the hospitals and want to partner with MAHC to improve the care experience.

Since 2017, MAHC has had a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) that provides the organization with advice and recommendations on matters where the patient perspective is vital to advancing person-centred care.

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is hosting a virtual recruitment fair on Saturday, May 7, 2022 to recruit caring professionals to join our hospital team in a variety of positions and care areas.

Anyone interested in virtually dropping in to the recruitment fair between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. is required to pre-register by Thursday, May 5, 2022 including submission of a current résumé at www.mahc.ca/jobfair/.

Ontario Health has recently expanded eligibility for COVID-19 PCR testing for symptomatic and asymptomatic people with defined criteria that has been updated on the Bracebridge Assessment Centre webpage at www.mahc.ca/COVID-19testing/.

Generally, the guidance is prioritizing for molecular testing those at the highest risk of COVID-19, by including, for example, all symptomatic people aged 70 and older and all people who are immunocompromised.

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has declared the COVID-19 outbreak on East Wing at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site over.

The outbreak lasted three weeks, and through outbreak management protocols including testing, 17 patient cases and six staff case were attributed to the outbreak in total.

This is a joint message from North Simcoe Muskoka (NSM) Region’s Hospital Chiefs of Staff and Medical Officer of Health.

The level of COVID-19 in the NSM region is on the rise.