New UrgentCareOntario.ca website provides access to virtual urgent care for southwestern Ontario

To The Haldimand Press

HALDIMAND—St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, and Hamilton Health Sciences are partnering in a joint pilot initiative to offer virtual urgent care services to residents of southwestern Ontario. This service offers patients located outside these hospital communities the opportunity to access urgent care without leaving home.

• St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton – for adults
• Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre – for children/youth
• Hamilton Health Sciences – consultations for long-term care home residents (only in Hamilton and soon in Niagara North West)