UHN’s ‘can-do’ attitude helping bridge the gap in northern Ontario pathology services – UHN
November 22, 2023
Pathologists play a central role in diagnostics and patient treatment. What happens if a hospital doesn’t have a pathologist?
In the summer of 2022, the Kenora Rainy River Regional Laboratory Program (KRRRLP) faced that problem as their only pathologist was set to retire at the end of year.
They knew that having a significant gap in their ability to provide essential pathology services for 5,000 to 7,000 surgical cases annually was not an option.
That’s when the lab manager at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. connected with Christine Bruce, Senior Director, Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP), UHN. The manager had heard that LMP supported Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre when it was facing a similar situation with retiring pathologists.
