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Kawartha Lakes, April 30, 2013: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes Community Health Centre (CHC) are pleased to announce the recruitment of Dr. Victoria Manfredi. Dr. Manfredi will begin practice with the Community Health Centre on Friday, July 5, 2013.
Kawartha Lakes, January 18, 2013: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes Community Health Centre (CHC) are pleased to announce the recruitment of Dr. Othman Elfahad. Dr. Elfahad will begin practice with the Community Health Centre on Monday, February 4, 2013.
City of Kawartha Lakes, August 7, 2012: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) was pleased to accept a donation from BMO Harris Private Banking and the BMO City of Kawartha Lakes branches. The donation is in support of the expansion of family doctor recruitment initiatives.
City of Kawartha Lakes, June 11, 2012: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to announce that it has received funding to support the expansion of three programs to recruit family doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL). These programs are extremely important in assisting with efforts to recruit family doctors to the CKL.
City of Kawartha Lakes, May 25, 2012: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI), lead agency for family doctor recruitment in the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL), also coordinates training opportunities for those studying to become a doctor.
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City of Kawartha Lakes, October 11, 2011: Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is very pleased to announce that Dr. David McLaren will begin practicing with the Kawartha North Family Health Team (KNFHT) in Fenelon Falls on November 1, 2011.
City of Kawartha Lakes, September 19, 2011: Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is very pleased to announce that Dr. Meileen Joynt will be opening a general family medicine practice in Lindsay at 55 Angeline Street North on October 3, 2011.
City of Kawartha Lakes, July 26, 2011: The month of July witnessed the beginning of the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL) expanded Rural Family Medicine Residency program with the arrival of the first two of twelve Family Medicine Residents expected this year.
City of Kawartha Lakes, July 22, 2011: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is very pleased with the community support received for the second annual City of Kawartha Lakes Family Doctor Appreciation Week, held June 6-10, 2011.
City of Kawartha Lakes, June 20, 2011: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) recently held their Annual General Meeting for the 2010-2011 year. Special note was made of the very productive year with the continuation of proven recruitment and retention initiatives, an increase in the number of family doctor site visits held, and especially the recruitment of four family doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL). KLHCI is also pleased that as a result of last year’s proposal for a Rural Family Medicine Residency Program, three Universities have residents who will be training in the CKL and at the Ross Memorial Hospital for one-to-two month placements beginning July 1st.
City of Kawartha Lakes, June 9, 2011: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is proud to announce that the recently developed Rural Family Medicine Residency Training Program is off to a great start.
City of Kawartha Lakes, May 10, 2011: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to announce the Second Annual Family Doctor Appreciation Week in the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL). Throughout the week of June 6 – 10, 2011, KLHCI urges all citizens and businesses within CKL to take the time to recognize and appreciate our local family doctors.
City of Kawartha Lakes, May 27, 2011: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI), lead agency for family doctor recruitment in the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL), also coordinates training opportunities for those studying to become a doctor. This is a very important step in the recruitment process.
City of Kawartha Lakes, November 29, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI), the lead agency for family doctor recruitment in the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL), has launched an innovative new advertising campaign – a ‘traveling billboard’.
City of Kawartha Lakes, November 10, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is very pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Bothwell will be opening a general family practice in Lindsay at 86 Angeline Street South on December 1, 2010.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPLICATION FORM To apply to the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative Board of Directors, please complete the application form and submit it with a copy of your current resume or a brief biographical sketch. Please also include a summary of why you are interested in this organization, and of any related volunteer experience. We also request the names and contact information for at least three references
City of Kawartha Lakes, July 12, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to announce that it will be receiving funding to support its Recruitment and Retention Coordinator’s attendance at recruitment activities such as medical conferences and recruitment fairs. These activities are extremely important in making initial contacts with family doctors who may consider relocation and to assisting with efforts to recruit family doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL).
City of Kawartha Lakes, July 7, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is very pleased with the support received for the first City of Kawartha Lakes Annual Family Doctor Appreciation Week, held June 7 – 11, 2010.
Kawartha Lakes, July 7, 2010: At the Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI), Family Doctor Recruitment and Retention, announced the Board of Directors for 2010/2011 and reviewed the successful year just completed.
Kawartha Lakes, May 31, 2010: The week of May 31 – June 4, 2010 is Rural Medicine Week throughout Southern Ontario and the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is participating by hosting three medical students from the University of Toronto (UofT) for a week of visiting, learning and exploring in the Kawarthas.
City of Kawartha Lakes, May 14, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and the Omemee Medical Centre are very pleased to announce that Dr. Jane Clay will be opening a general family practice at the Omemee Medical Centre on May 17, 2010.
March 16, 2010: Ontario continues to improve access to health care, says Rick Johnson, MPP Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. The City of Kawartha Lakes has received funding for a Family Health Team, one of 19 created across the province, to provide better access to family health care.
CAPS Newspaper, April 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is actively recruiting family doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes. Recruitment is needed to provide a family doctor to the over 20,000 citizens currently without primary health care.
Kawartha Lakes, January 25, 2010: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) was pleased to recently meet with Minister of Health and Long Term Care Deb Matthews and MPP Rick Johnson, to discuss the challenges faced in the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL) with the current shortage of family doctors.
The Project Manager, Rural Family Medicine Residency Program Development, is a four-month contract position. The primary objective is the establishment of a Rural Family Medicine Residency Program in the City of Kawartha Lakes in conjunction with the Ross Memorial Hospital.
City of Kawartha Lakes, August 25, 2009: September 19th, 2009 at 2 p.m. in the LCVI gymnasium is the place to be for a children's concert featuring popular entertainers Terri and Rick. The concert is a fundraising event for the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and proceeds will go to support the KLHCI's family doctor recruitment and retention efforts. Admission will be $5.00 for children and adults by financial donation.
Recently, five University of Toronto medical students spent Rural Medicine Week (June 1 to 5) in the Kawartha Lakes, gaining hands-on knowledge of everything from family medicine to the proper way to put on a plaster cast.
As printed in Kawartha Life Magazine, Spring 09-Volume 10 #2 edition: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is actively recruiting family doctors to the City of Kawartha Lakes in order to assist over 20,000 citizens without primary health care.
What started off as completing requirements for school has seen one medical student get back to her roots.
By Catherine Whitnall, Kawartha Lakes This Week Sometimes a new doctor is homegrown; other times there's considerable travel involved. Recently, Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative played host to both, welcoming Australian medical students Christina Chang and her husband Robert Brooks - the latter having grown up in Lakefield.
By Molly Cadigan, The Promoter Recently, the CoKL was host to two fourth year medical students who chose to do one month electives as part of the completion of their studies. Christina Chang Brooks, and Robert Brooks are a young, married Canadian couple, who are studying medicine in Australia for a few reasons.
City of Kawartha Lakes, February 23, 2009. The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) has responded to the family doctor shortage as a by-election issue by providing each of the candidates with a comprehensive package of information.
City of Kawartha Lakes, January 7, 2009: The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) is pleased to announce the launching of a new advertising campaign.
Beyond the welcome matAddressing doctor shortage holds many challenges Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series focusing on the shortage of primary care providers in the City of Kawartha Lakes as well as the challenges, solutions and successes experienced by local groups.
Finding a solution By Catherine Whitnall, Kawartha Lakes This Week The City of Kawartha Lakes' doctor shortage did not occur overnight; it stands to reason that a solution will likewise take time. However, inroads are already being seen by those groups that have stepped up to the plate to make a difference. Their ongoing efforts have yielded varying results, some bearing more fruit than others, but all having an impact.
The laws of attraction: Local groups get creative to address doctor shortage By Catherine Whitnall, Kawartha Lakes This Week Editor's note: This is the third article of a three-part series focusing on the shortage of primary care providers in the City of Kawartha Lakes, as well as the challenges, solutions and successes experienced by local groups. Addressing the local doctor shortage has essentially come down to building the proverbial ‘better mousetrap'. With every other community and municipality equally striving to attract new doctors and primary health care providers, groups like the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative have had to become more creative.
Two highway billboards are now carrying the DOCTORS WANTED message to all who are driving east on Hwy. 7 at Oakwood and south on Hwy. 35 at Thunderbridge Road. The signs were erected in time for the Christmas and New Year travelers and it is hoped that any doctors, medical students, or their families, have made note and will be in touch.
Local groups launch initiatives to address health care crisis