COVID-19 CONTACT US
Photo of Nick and Margaret Van Velzen

CARE THROUGH COVID-19 WAS SECOND TO NONE

How a Miramichi woman overcame COVID-19 while helping her husband recover from hip replacement surgery Nick and Margaret Van Velzen were cautious. They were careful. They wore gloves. They cleaned their hands frequently. They did everything they were supposed to...
A photo showing a virtual visit

GETTING FACE TIME

How virtual visits are helping patients and families connect in the COVID era Up until visitor restrictions were put in place on March 16, Beverly (Bev) George had been used to daily visits from any of her four daughters and...
Photo of patient with visitors coming to his hospital bed's window

TALK AWAY, BUDDY

How Horizon health care providers ensured the connection between a father and son remained strong, despite visitor restrictions  Fred Caldwell's phone rings. He's in one of his finest dress shirts, his hair recently trimmed. His nurses wheel the 95-year-old patient...
Photo of Gillian Gillies, a patient representative at Horizon's Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton

TOOLS FOR TROUBLED TIMES

A sunny disposition. Wise beyond her years. A great listener. Empathetic. Professional. These are the words and phrases co-workers use to describe Gillian Gillies, a patient representative at Horizon's Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH) in Fredericton. Although too demure...

A STITCH IN TIME

When Marjorie Guindon's little dog aroused her from sleep on a Sunday morning last June, she thought she was experiencing vertigo. By the time her son arrived, she was in partial paralysis from a stroke. Thanks to rehabilitation and determination,...