November 18, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: As part of a Public Health investigation in the Eastern Health region, anyone who visited the location on the dates and times listed below is asked to arrange COVID-19 testing. The business has been notified and Public Health thanks them for their cooperation. LEARN MORE “Potential COVID-19 Exposure Notification in the Eastern Health Region”
December 7, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: As part of the ongoing investigation into recent cases, Public Health is asking anyone who visited the location on the date and time listed below to arrange COVID-19 testing. The business has been notified and Public Health thanks them for their cooperation. LEARN MORE “Potential COVID-19 Exposure Notification in the Eastern Health Region”
December 17, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: As part of a Public Health investigation in the Eastern Health region, anyone who visited the location on the dates and times listed below is asked to arrange COVID-19 testing. The business has been notified and Public Health thanks them for their cooperation. LEARN MORE “Potential COVID-19 Exposure Notification in the Eastern Health Region”
September 29, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is advising individuals and businesses of a possible delay in payment due to the new banking holiday observed for Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30.
Clients of the Community Support Program and the Mental Health and Addictions Program who receive semi-monthly recurring payments from Eastern Heath, dated September 30, 2022, may not receive payments until Monday, October 3, 2022.
Eastern Health apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and thanks individuals for their understanding at this time.
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February 28, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health has been advised by the service provider that the work is complete and telephone service has now resumed. LEARN MORE “Planned Telephone Disruption on Bell Island Resolved”
October 11, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that phone services have now been restored at Carbonear General Hospital and the Harbour Grace Community Site (Taylor Building). LEARN MORE “Phone Service Restored at Carbonear General Hospital and Harbour Grace Community Site (Taylor Building)”
October 6, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that Carbonear General Hospital is currently experiencing problems with its inbound and outbound phone lines. The public are able to call the main switchboard at (709) 945-6246. In addition, Carbonear residents needing to call the fire department, should dial 911 as the direct lines are also experiencing problems. Private Josiah Squibb Memorial Pavillion is unaffected. Eastern Health is currently working to determine the cause of the interruption to the phone lines. LEARN MORE “Phone Lines Impacted at Carbonear General Hospital”
September 10, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Emergency rooms at the Health Sciences Centre and St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s are experiencing unprecedented pressures resulting in long wait times for patients. Eastern Health reminds individuals who are not experiencing a medical emergency to consider alternate options before proceeding to an emergency department.
This approach will help to alleviate long wait times by patients and also helps staff to focus on the delivery of safe and quality care for individuals who present with critical medical conditions, including those who experience serious injuries, heart attacks, strokes and difficulty breathing. LEARN MORE “Patients with Emergency Medical Needs Only Advised to Proceed to Emergency Departments in St. John’s”
May 31, 2023: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services advises that, effective Thursday, June 1, 2023, a new pay-as-you-go parking system will be implemented at hospital public parking lots located at both St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital and the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre. This system will replace the former metered system at both sites. The parking rate at both sites will be $0.75/hour. Signage is in place to assist. LEARN MORE “Parking Payment System Updated at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital and Dr. L.A. Miller Centre”
April 5, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that outpatient X-ray services have now resumed at the Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre. LEARN MORE “Outpatient X-ray Services Resume at Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre”
June 30, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of a new temporary drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic for travellers who require a COVID-19 test upon arrival to the St. John’s International Airport and other entry points into the region. The testing clinic, which is by appointment only, will open on July 1, 2021, and hours of operation are 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., seven days a week.(*Effective July 11, 2021, the hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., seven days a week, but are subject to change based on demand.) LEARN MORE “Opening of Temporary Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Clinic for Travellers”
June 17, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that it is extending its online appointment-based system for outpatient blood collection to include the Waterford Hospital in St. John’s. Patients/clients of the Waterford Hospital, as well as St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital and the Major’s Path Clinic, are able to view, select and book an available time for their appointment directly on the Eastern Health website. LEARN MORE “Online Appointment-Based System for Blood Collection Expanded to Include Waterford Hospital “
April 4, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that it is extending its online appointment-based system for outpatient blood collection to include St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s. Patients/clients of both St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital and the Major’s Path Clinic will be able to view, select and book an available time for their appointment directly on the Eastern Health website. LEARN MORE “Online Appointment-Based System for Blood Collection Expanded to Include St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital”
May 17, 2023: In line with provincial guidelines, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services advises the public of updates to masking requirements at health-care facilities across the province. In addition, the public is reminded that self-screening for COVID-19/respiratory illness remains in effect and anyone who is feeling unwell or sick should not visit clients/patients/residents. LEARN MORE “Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services Provides Update on Masking Requirements”
April 14, 2023: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services advises that spring COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be available throughout the province beginning on April 17, 2023. COVID-19 bivalent vaccine will be offered as a spring booster dose to those individuals who are eligible:
LEARN MORE “Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services Offers COVID-19 Spring Booster Vaccinations”
June 8, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is advising the public that a new Equifax Canada web portal for current and former clients to enroll in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services is now available. The new portal was created as an additional step to assist clients with the enrollment process. Clients who have received health-care services from Eastern Health at any time continue to be offered access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for a period of two years from the date of enrollment, at no cost to them. LEARN MORE “New Web Portal Introduced for Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services”
Reposted from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2023/exec/0321n01/
March 21, 2023 – St. John’s, NL:The Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced that 10 new Family Care Teams will be established to help meet the primary care needs of residents throughout the province. Upon full implementation, these new Family Care Teams will provide access to primary care for up to 80,000 people.
Based on a needs assessment and available resources to support the team model, these teams will be established in the following areas:
LEARN MORE “New Family Care Teams Announced for Newfoundland and Labrador”
Reposted from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2023/exec/0223n04/
February 23, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: The Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced that plans are underway for the construction of a new Cardiovascular and Stroke Institute that will be located at the Health Sciences Centre site in St. John’s.
The new facility, aimed at the prevention and management of cardiac and cerebrovascular disease, which includes what we commonly understand as strokes, will allow for enhanced cardiac, vascular, and stroke services and other clinical services. It will create a modern working environment, and will increase the number of operating rooms and inpatient beds at the Health Sciences Centre. LEARN MORE “New Cardiovascular and Stroke Institute Announced for Newfoundland and Labrador”
October 28, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is pleased to announce that the Provincial Cancer Care Program has a new radiation treatment suite that features a TrueBeam Radiation Therapy System. This leading-edge radiation treatment unit builds upon the treatment technology already in place at the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre to provide further customized care to patients with cancers. The TrueBeam System is safe, reliable and delivers radiation treatments quickly and with high precision. LEARN MORE “New Advanced Radiation System Improves Care for Cancer Patients”
April 6, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that the Mount Pearl Square Administration Office is now open to the public. LEARN MORE “Mount Pearl Square Administration Office Open to Public”
Reposted from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2023/health/0314n02/
March 14, 2023 – St. John’s, NL:The Provincial Government continues to carry out its plan to improve health care in Newfoundland and Labrador with its approach to creating a more effective and efficient system that is focused on improved service delivery and health outcomes for the people of the province, with input from Health Accord NL. With this in mind, Eastern Health has issued a Request for Proposals for space for an Urgent Care Centre in the St. John’s metro region. LEARN MORE “Minister Osborne Announces Planned Urgent Care Centre for Northeast Avalon”
May 2, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that as of today, Monday, May 2, 2022, calls to the Mental Health Crisis Line will be transitioned to NL HealthLine 811. Anyone experiencing a mental health emergency can call 811. This number is available province-wide. LEARN MORE “Mental Health Crisis Line Transitioning to NL HealthLine 811”
August 10, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: While the special measures order for mandatory masks in indoor public spaces has been lifted, Eastern Health is advising the public that masks will continue to be mandatory for clients, visitors and staff in all Eastern Health facilities as well as in congregate living facilities for seniors including personal care homes and long-term care facilities.
LEARN MORE “Masking Requirements Continue at All Eastern Health Facilities ”
November 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that non-urgent outpatient blood collection appointments on Monday, November 15, 2021 at the Major’s Path location only, are cancelled, due to a delay in the resumption of some information technology (IT) services. Patients whose appointments are cancelled are asked to re-book through the online appointment booking system when it is reinstated. LEARN MORE “Major’s Path Outpatient Blood Collection Appointments Cancelled “
February 15, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that work is ongoing with the service provider to resolve interruptions to telephone services at the Dr. Walter Templeman Health Care Centre.
During this telephone disruption, residents of Bell Island with a medical emergency who require an ambulance are advised of the following protocols:
LEARN MORE “Interruption to Telephone Services at Dr. Walter Templeman Health Care Centre “
October 20, 2021 – Eastern Health continues to explore innovative approaches to maintain high quality patient-centred care throughout the region, including providing virtual care at some Emergency Departments. Virtual care has already been implemented with success at select sites within Eastern Health, as well as in other health regions throughout the province, and across the country. LEARN MORE “Innovative Approaches to Patient-Centred Care”
November 9, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Today, the Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, announced two new initiatives to increase orthopaedic surgery capacity in Carbonear and St. Anthony. This builds on ongoing measures to help improve access to health care and reduce wait times for hip and knee joint replacement surgeries in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Work is now underway to utilize operating room capacity at Carbonear General Hospital for inpatient joint replacement surgeries. Traditionally, orthopaedic services at this site were limited to same day surgeries only. To accommodate the addition of joint replacement surgeries, four beds will be opened to admit patients following their surgery. It is anticipated that approximately 160 joint replacement surgeries could be performed at this location annually. Recruitment and training of the required staff will begin in the near future, and the timeline to get surgeries up and running will depend on these factors. LEARN MORE “Initiatives Aim to Increase Capacity for Orthopaedic Surgery in Newfoundland and Labrador”
November 1, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is advising clients of the Remote Patient Monitoring Program that reporting of their health session data has been affected by the ongoing outage that is affecting Eastern Health’s IT systems. LEARN MORE “Information Update for Clients of Remote Patient Monitoring Program”
July 19, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that individuals 50 years and over are now eligible to book appointments for a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Individuals may book appointments at clinics throughout the Eastern Health region by visiting www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/vaccine/gettheshot/. For some vaccination clinics, appointments may be currently booked to capacity based on initial high demand. Appointments will continue to be added to the online booking system regularly and individuals are advised to continue to check availability.
Individuals may also book a COVID-19 vaccine at a participating pharmacy or physician’s office. LEARN MORE “Individuals 50 Years and Over Now Eligible for Second Booster of COVID-19 Vaccine “
January 4, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that all outpatient appointments at the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre have been cancelled, after five patients on a unit tested positive for COVID-19. Clients will be contacted by their health-care team regarding their next appointment. LEARN MORE “Increase in Positive COVID-19 Cases on Unit at the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre “
October 24, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that in-person DoorWays counselling services in St. John’s will be provided virtually tomorrow (Monday, October 25, 2021) due to repairs to the sanitary waste system at Building 532, Pleasantville. Individuals seeking telephone and/or virtual mental and addiction counselling services are advised to call 709-752-4903 to discuss options and arrange a session. LEARN MORE “In-person DoorWays (St. John’s) Services at Building 532 Moved to Virtual Care Tomorrow”
December 22, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that regular hours for some services and walk-in clinics may change due to statutory holidays between December 25, 2021, and January 2, 2022. LEARN MORE “Holiday Hours for Some Eastern Health Clinics and Services”
December 22, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that regular hours for some services and walk-in clinics may change due to statutory holidays between Saturday, December 24, 2022, and Tuesday, January 2, 2023.
Community Walk-In Clinic (50 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s)
• Saturday, December 24, 2022: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Sunday, December 25 and Monday, December 26, 2022: Closed
• Tuesday, December 27 to Friday, December 30, 2022: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31, 2022: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Sunday, January 1, 2023: Closed
• Monday, January 2, 2023: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Dr. G. B. Cross Walk-in Clinic (Clarenville)
• Saturday, December 24 and Sunday, December 25, 2022: Closed
• Saturday, December 31, 2022 and Sunday, January 1, 2023: Closed
Doorways Walk-in Clinic (80 Charter Avenue, St. John’s)
• Monday, December 26 and Tuesday, December 27, 2022: Closed
• Thursday, December 29, 2022: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Monday, January 2, 2023: Closed
Breastfeeding Support Groups
• The holiday schedule can be found on the Eastern Health website: https://hi.easternhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/12/Holiday-BFSG-Schedule-2022.23.pdf. LEARN MORE “Holiday Hours for Some Eastern Health Clinics and Services”
June 1, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that health-care services at the Heart’s Delight District Office in Heart’s Delight, NL, will be unavailable tomorrow (Thursday, June 2, 2022) due to water main repairs by the Town of Heart’s Delight-Islington. As the work will require the water supply to be shut off, the building will be closed and walk-in services will not be available at this time. LEARN MORE “Heart’s Delight District Office Closed Tomorrow to Accommodate Municipal Water Main Repairs”
Reposted from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2023/health/0125n01/
January 25, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: The travelling orthopaedic team from Eastern Health has completed its first joint replacement surgery at the Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony. Announced last fall as a measure to address wait times for hip and knee joint replacement surgeries in Newfoundland and Labrador, the initiative has the potential to accommodate approximately 140 surgeries at this site annually.
LEARN MORE “First Surgeries Performed in St. Anthony Under Travelling Orthopaedic Program”
July 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health continues to offer COVID-19 vaccine clinics for first and second dose appointments in July 2021 in Carbonear, Holyrood, Dildo and Harbour Gace. The dates and locations are as follows: LEARN MORE “First and Second Dose Clinic Appointments Available in July at Some COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics”
February 3, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the Emergency Department at the Dr. William H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne will reopen on Friday, February 4, 2022. Emergency Department services will be available Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. LEARN MORE “Emergency Department to Reopen at Dr. William H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne”
August 23, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is advising we are conducting a preliminary review given a potential issue identified by Central Health with select mammography results. Eastern Health will provide a public update early next week on whether further analysis is required.
Eastern Health appreciates the importance of completing this work in a timely manner to address any potential concerns of patients, and thanks them for their patience. At this time, patients do not need to contact their primary care provider or the regional health authority.
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December 10, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport team is asking the public to help pack the backs of ambulances with toys, food, and clothing to help families in need this Holiday Season. Gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to families throughout the region. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport Team’s Annual Pack the Back Toy, Food and Clothing Drive Continues This Weekend”
November 25, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport team is asking the public to help pack the backs of ambulances with toys, food, and clothing to help families in need this Holiday Season. Gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to families throughout the region.
The 12th annual Pack the Back toys, food, and clothing drive begins this Saturday, November 26, 2022, with a second drive on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Donations will be collected at the following Walmart store locations: LEARN MORE “Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport Team’s Annual Pack the Back Toy, Food and Clothes Drive this Weekend”
December 2, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport team is asking the public to help pack the backs of ambulances with toys, food, and clothing to help families in need this Holiday Season. Gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to families throughout the region. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport Team’s Annual Pack the Back Toy, Food and Clothes Drive This Weekend “
December 2, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health’s Paramedicine and Medical Transport team is asking the public to help pack the backs of ambulances with toys, food, and clothing to help families in need this Holiday Season. Gifts will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to families throughout the region.
The 12th annual Pack the Back drive for toys, food, and clothing drive continues this Saturday, December 3, 2022. Donations will be collected at the following Walmart store locations:
Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For those who can donate to help families in need this Holiday Season, we thank you for your generosity.
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September 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is pleased to announce the addition of four new innovation partners as vendors of record. Through partnerships, Eastern Health continues to provide exemplary care for patients, residents and clients in new and innovative ways while also providing economic benefits back to the province. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Welcomes New Innovation Partners”
March 30, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the ongoing investigation has revealed that additional information was taken during the cyber-attack that impacted health-care information technology (IT) systems across the province in October 2021. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates Public on Privacy Breach Resulting from IT Outage”
February 11, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of a change in the process for booking outpatient blood collection appointments at the Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates Process for Booking Blood Collection Appointments at Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre”
November 16, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that a number of acute services that were previously impacted by the province-wide IT outage are now resuming. Patients and clients should be aware that there may be times when services will continue to experience intermittent impacts as more systems are gradually brought online. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on the Resumption of Cancer Care and Other Acute Care Services”
November 3, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is updating the public on the temporary process regarding negative COVID-19 test results as the information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on the Process for Negative COVID-19 Test Results”
November 4, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health provides an update on services to patients and clients of the Community Support Program as the information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on Services of Community Support Program”
November 4, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is providing an update on services to patients and clients of the Cancer Care Program as the information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on Services of Cancer Care Program”
November 3, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health provides an update on services and appointments to patients and clients of the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre as the information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on Services at the Dr. L.A. Miller Centre”
November 26, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that a number of acute services that were previously impacted by the province-wide IT outage are continuing to resume. Progress continues with many program areas able to resume services at full capacity. Patients and clients are advised that periodic service interruptions are anticipated as systems are gradually brought online. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on Resumption of Acute Care Services”
November 3, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health provides an update to patients and clients receiving mental health and addictions services as the information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Updates on Community-Based Mental Health and Addictions Services”
November 4, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is continuing to support the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information as they work with others to resolve the IT systems outage that is affecting health-related services in our region. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Update on Progress to Restore Core IT Systems”
September 20, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: To commemorate the children and the families that are impacted by residential schools and to support survivors in healing and reconciling together, Eastern Health will join the Provincial Government in observing September 30, 2021, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as a statutory holiday. As such, Eastern Health facilities, programs and services will operate on statutory holiday schedules, which will require changes to patient and client appointments. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health to Observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation”
November 25, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health will hold a media availability today as the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine are delivered to children ages 5-11 in Newfoundland and Labrador. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health to Hold Media Availability”
September 27, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Media are invited to attend Eastern Health’s Annual General Meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2022. This year’s event will be held virtually and in person.
During the meeting, an overview of the accomplishments and challenges relating to Eastern Health’s strategic priorities during the 2021-22 fiscal year will be presented by Leslie O’Reilly, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Kenneth Baird, President and CEO (interim) of Eastern Health. The past fiscal year marked the completion of the second year of Putting Excellence into Action, Eastern Health’s Strategic Plan for 2020-23. The plan outlines the organization’s five priority areas including Access, Quality and Safety, Population Health, Healthy Workplace and Sustainability and indicates how performance is measured in each area.
Members of the media who would like to attend can do so by contacting Tracey Boland, media relations manager, at the email or phone number below by noon on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
Members of the public who would like to join virtually can register by visiting Eastern Health’s website at https://www.easternhealth.ca/about-us/achieving-our-aim/.
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September 28, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Media are invited to attend Eastern Health’s Annual General Meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. This year’s event will be held virtually and in person pending provincial public health guidelines and in accordance with the Together Again plan. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health to Hold Annual General Meeting”
August 19, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is providing the Imvamune vaccine for the Monkeypox virus to eligible individuals starting today. This is based on the epidemiology of the outbreak in Canada, and following the lead of other jurisdictions in the country. Eligible individuals include:
LEARN MORE “Eastern Health to Begin Providing Monkeypox Vaccine to Eligible Individuals”
September 28, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health informs the public that services currently offered from the Taylor Building in Harbour Grace will be relocated to the Carbonear Community Services Building effective Monday, October 3, 2022.
Eastern Health services offered which are relocating to the new location include public health, community supports, intervention services, mental health and addictions, and speech-language pathology services. As of Monday, October 3, 2022, individuals with existing appointments should proceed to the Carbonear Community Services Building, 15a Industrial Crescent, Carbonear.
As a result of the location change, there will be a two-hour telephone service interruption between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. During this time, telephone lines will also be transferred to the new location and the public is advised not to leave voicemails for staff at the Taylor Centre as they will not be received.
Eastern Health thanks the public for their cooperation and apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
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March 16, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following update to its services for the remainder of the day (Wednesday, March 16, 2023) due to adverse weather conditions:
LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Impacted Due to Adverse Weather”
January 21, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes for today, Saturday, January 21, 2023, due to adverse weather this weekend:
• The community walk-in clinic, located at 50 Mundy Pond Rd, St. John’s, will be closed.
• The collaborative team clinic centre, located at 7 Pippy Place, St. John’s, will be closed.
• The COVID-19 vaccination clinic for children aged six months to 11 years old at Mount Pearl Square will be closed. Clients will be contacted to reschedule their appointments. In addition, clients may rebook online at www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/vaccine/gettheshot/.
• In addition, the planned closure of both the external and internal entrances to the emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre on Sunday, January 22, 2023 has been postponed. This closure will now be in effect as of Sunday, January 28, 2023. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Impacted Due to Adverse Weather”
February 15, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes for today (Wednesday, February 15, 2023), due to adverse weather:
LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Impacted by Adverse Weather”
February 14, 2023 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes for today (Tuesday, February 14, 2023), due to adverse weather: LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Impacted by Adverse Weather”
January 10, 2023– St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes due to adverse weather today (January 10, 2023):
November 1, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is continuing to implement contingency plans and is focused on the delivery of emergency care as the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) and Bell, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Community Services, work to resolve the outage that is affecting the province’s health-care related IT systems. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Continue to be Affected by IT Systems Outage”
November 2, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: The information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. Eastern Health is continuing to implement contingency plans and is focused on the delivery of emergency care as the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) and Bell, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Community Services, work to resolve the outage that is affecting the province’s health-care related IT systems. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Continue to be Affected by IT Systems Outage”
November 3, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: The information technology (IT) systems outage across the province continues to impact a number of health-related services. Eastern Health is continuing to implement contingency plans and remains focused on the delivery of emergency care as work continues to resolve the outage. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Continue to be Affected by IT Systems Outage”
October 31, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is advising the public that emergency services only will be proceeding on Monday, November 1, 2021 as a result of a province-wide IT outage affecting some of its operational, clinical and administrative systems. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Affected by IT Systems Outage”
December 9, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of the following service changes and cancellations due to adverse weather: LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Services Affected By Adverse Weather”
August 18, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health is now accepting submissions for the name of the new adult mental health and addictions facility currently under construction at the Health Sciences Complex. The new facility is scheduled to open in 2024.