Horizon honours smudging ceremonies in its facilities June 2, 2022 HORIZON – Horizon’s Smudging Policy was implemented almost six months ago, and since then staff have been facilitating smudging ceremonies at the request of patients and their families. A smudging ceremony is where traditional medicinal plants are burned, and the...
Community notice – Moncton area June 2, 2022 It has been brought to our attention that an individual is approaching Moncton area health community offices, companies and individuals identifying himself as having a partnership with Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital regarding the promotion of reusable tote bags. Please be...
Horizon physiotherapist educates patients with appropriate exercises May 31, 2022 Meet Chastity, a physiotherapist at Horizon’s Miramichi Regional Hospital (MRH). She has worked as a physiotherapist since 2004, has been part of the Horizon team at MRH since 2015, and has worked in the New Brunswick Inter-professional Spine Assessment and...
Horizon names Dr. Nachiketa Sinha as new Regional Chief of Staff May 30, 2022 HORIZON - Horizon is pleased to announce that Dr. Nachiketa Sinha has been appointed as the organization’s new Regional Chief of Staff. Dr. Sinha – who has worked as a consulting psychiatrist in New Brunswick since 2006 and had been...
Emergency Department at Horizon’s Sackville Memorial Hospital closing at 2 p.m. TODAY May 20, 2022 SACKVILLE - Due to unforeseen circumstances, the emergency department at Horizon’s Sackville Memorial Hospital is closing early today, Friday, May 20, at 2 p.m. The emergency department will open as usual at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 21. Emergency care...
New website promotes health care jobs in Sackville May 19, 2022 In April, the Memramcook-Tantramar Rural Health Action Group announced the launch of Sackville’s new website designed to recruit nurses, doctors, and other health care professionals to work at Horizon’s Sackville Memorial Hospital. Horizon is proud to have collaborated on this...
New Brunswick implements unique program enabling hospital pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to COVID-19 patients May 17, 2022 By Doug Doucette, Regional Director of Pharmacy and Dr. Susan Brien, VP of Medical, Academic and Research Affairs When the federal government announced in January 2022 that Paxlovid, an antiviral medication, would be available for people experiencing mild or moderate...
“It was like I was given a lifeline to be in control” May 12, 2022 Beverly Jean Oliver said her experience at the New Brunswick Inter-Professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinic (NB-ISAEC) has empowered her to take control of her low-back pain. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, for close to 40 years...
Cleanliness – April 2022 May 6, 2022 HospitalsNHS/first audit scores Emergency DepartmentVisual AuditsEmergency Dept. April 2022NHS/first audit scores Patient Care UnitVisual AuditsPatient Care Units April 2022TMH55.3%93%70%90%SJRH87.3%99%63%96%DECRH68.3%94%78.8%96%URVH87%96%85%97%MRH65%97%70%94% Legend TMH: The Moncton Hospital SJRH: Saint John Regional Hospital DECRH: Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital URVH: Upper River Valley Hospital...