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The Ontario government is investing in Headwaters Health Care Centre’s emergency and diagnostic imaging departments by renovating and expanding them. These departments will be more accessible and connect more people to the care they need, where and when they need it. 

In recognition of National Grief and Bereavement Day, and National Children’s Grief Awareness Day, Bethell Hospice, in collaboration with Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team (HOHC OHT) and Headwaters Health Care Centre, is pleased to announce this year’s Butterfly Bereavement Project.

I know I’m lucky and I can’t be more grateful.” 

Sherry, a resident of Grand Valley, would never have imagined she would one day be able to say something not many people can; she has died three times and survived.   

Her harrowing ordeal began in the evening of Sunday April 14, 2024. After a long full day away from home, all Sherry wanted was to relax at home with a little TV time. Unfortunately, this was not going to happen.  

As the evening progressed, she experienced relentless heartburn. She couldn’t understand why.  

Sherry was finding it harder to move on her own, and she required support from her husband to stand and walk. Her body was weakening. After her husband helped her to the ground to prevent any falls, he called 9-1-1.  

Although it’s not the first topic at a dinner party, prostate cancer affects more and more men. It is one of the most common cancers among Canadian men and is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Canadian men, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Headwaters Health Care Centre is offering treatment closer to home for men in the Dufferin-Caledon community. Dr. Shreyas Gandhi, a urologist and Vice President of General Medical Staff at Headwaters Health Care Centre brought this life-saving prostate cancer surgery to the community and his team.