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27 | Thursday, October 30, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OCTOBER 2014 New Oakville Hospital Features Expanded Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Service "One in five children in Ontario has a diagnosable mental health disorder and 70 per cent of adults with a mental health disorder noted that they experienced symptoms in their childhood," explained Dr. Alan Brown, Chief of Psychiatry at HHS. "These statistics underline a need to build capacity in our child and adolescent mental health programs." The New Oakville Hospital, opening December 2015, will feature an expanded Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Service so it can respond to this increasing demand and better serve these children and youth. The 10 bed unit at the current hospital will expand to a more spacious unit in the new Hospital, with the capacity to grow to 16 beds. It will provide additional facilities such as a gym as well as new program classrooms so the education of the youth staying on the unit can be maintained and physical fitness can be incorporated into their programming. The additional space will also allow the separation of children under 12 years of age from the adolescent group, so that they can be treated with peers with more similar needs. For more information about the New Oakville Hospital please visit our website at www.haltonhealthcare.com. NEW on Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) Website Stay up-to-date with what's happening at your Hospital. Log on and check it out at www.haltonhealthcare.com: · New Oakville Hospital Aerial and Construction Photo Gallery Scheduled to open December 2015, the new hospital is now over 80% complete. Check out the new aerial and construction photos taken this month. · New Video about Volunteering at Halton Healthcare Services See what our volunteers are saying about their experience and check out all the exciting volunteering opportunities at your hospital. · HHS' Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Read about how HHS is safeguarding the health of our patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and our community with its heightened surveillance and Ebola Virus Disease preparedness efforts. · Pay a Bill Online Now you can pay your hospital bill safely and securely online. New Starlight Fun Centre The Starlight Children's Foundation Canada, with support from Travelers Canada, recently presented a new Starlight Fun Centre to the Maternal Child Unit at OTMH. Starlight Fun Centres are mobile entertainment units containing a Sharp Aquos flat screen monitor, DVD and Wii Gaming System that are able to roll up to a child's bedside. Fun Centres provide much needed play time during a child's hospital stay with hours of movie and gaming entertainment. Germgo Hand Cleaning Challenge Cleaning your hands frequently is the best way to prevent the spread of any infection. Halton Healthcare Services and its Infection Prevention and Control team hosted the Germgo Clean Hands Challenge on Friday, October 24 at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital to promote hand hygiene awareness. The challenge was to clean as many hands as possible over the span of four hours. Our results were amazing. 1213 patients, staff, physicians and volunteers participated in this fun challenge. What an impressive count! Left to Right: Kathryn Doren, Maternal Child Unit Patient Care Manager,OTMH; Trevor Dicaire, Starlight VP of Development; Amy German, Assistant VP of Field Operations, Travelers Canada. It's the Flu Season Sign Up for the HHS Newsletter The most recent issue of the Your Health@HHS eNewsletter was released in October. Check it out at www.haltonhealthcare.com and subscribe today. During the flu season, please be aware of the risk to patients in the hospital and do not visit if you are feeling unwell. When you do visit, please remember to clean your hands thoroughly at one of the hand sanitizing stations upon entering and exiting our hospitals. It's one of the best ways to avoid getting the flu. Stay connected! For more information and to subscribe to our eNewsletter, visit www.haltonhealthcare.com. www.haltonhealthcare.com georgetown · milton · oakville hospitals