2019 News Archive

Winter Walkways and Parking Lots at SLMHC
Winter Walkways and Parking Lots at SLMHC
Please be advised that Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) has begun parking lot and walkway snow removal operations for the upcoming winter months.
Group shot of the cheque donation during Bearskin Airlines Skip to Equip Classic.
Bearskin Airlines Skip to Equip Classic
$80,000.00 in 2019! Over $575,000.00 raised in nine years!
Thank you to the organizing committee, participants and pledgers, and sponsors for another great event. The teams had a great time and we’re expecting many of them back for our 10th anniversary event in 2021. The event is postponed in 2020 due to the corona virus pandemic. The SLMHC Foundation is grateful for the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to this event and to always improving patient and resident care at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.
Update – Gastro Outbreak Restriction Lifted at SLMHC
Update – Gastro Outbreak Restriction Lifted at SLMHC
The gastro outbreak restriction has been lifted at SLMHC effective October 30, 2019.
Gastro Outbreak Declared at SLMHC
Gastro Outbreak Declared at SLMHC
Gastroenteritis (gastro) has been identified at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. In an effort to minimize the potential spread of gastroenteritis, SLMHC is putting precautions in place.
Andrew Ross
SLMHC Research Manager Joins Board of Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
Northwestern Ontario health care is unique in that we must collaborate with various institutions and agencies strewn over a vast area to effectively meet the health care needs of our region.
Dan Munshaw (left) and Kathy Loon (right) are both innovators in Nourish, a national project aiming to elevate food as a fundamental part of health and healing in Canada.
Achieving Greater, Together, through Food in Health Care
When Dan Munshaw and Kathy Loon were recruited as part of a national food program, they had no idea what to expect.
Brenda Voth standing on the Great Wall of China.
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centres Involvement in Software Innovation Presented at China Summit
When life science company Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited approached SLMHC lab manager Brenda Voth with the opportunity to pilot their software, she jumped at the chance.
Traditional Foods Program
Documentary features SLMHC traditional foods program: promoting reconciliation through food
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) is at the heart of a holistic healing renaissance, centred and focused within a soon-to-be released documentary.
SLMHC Pharmacy manager, Danielle Lajeunesse, accepting award from Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
SLMHC pharmacist recognized for pioneering access to new medication
SLMHC ended 2018 with much reason to celebrate. In November, the CSHP presented SLMHC pharmacy manager Danielle Lajeunesse with the Hospital Practice in a Rural Setting Award.