New ER Doctor for CKHA, family donates $10K to Foundation

Morning Coffee – By Aaron Hall

Weather forecast from Friday, May 11, 2018 to Sunday, May 13, 2018

Today – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High 10. UV index 6 or high.

Tonight – Cloudy. Showers beginning early this evening. Risk of a thunderstorm. Local amount 15 to 25 mm. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light before morning. Low 7.

Saturday, May 12 – Showers ending in the afternoon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm in the morning. Local amount 5 mm. High 13.
Night Cloudy with 70 percent chance of showers. Low 8.

Sunday, May 13 – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High 17.

Sunday night – Cloudy periods. Low 8.

New ER Doctor for CKHA

Dr. Tracy Zhang joins CKHA’s Emergency and Hospitalist Departments (Submitted photo)

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Tracy Zhang to CKHA’s Emergency Department (ED) and Hospitalist Department.

“I’m looking forward to working in Chatham-Kent and am grateful to the hospital and community for making me feel so welcome,” said Dr. Zhang, in a press release.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Dr. Zhang attended Queen’s University where she earned a Bachelor of Health Sciences in 2009, and a Doctor of Medicine in 2014. She then completed her Rural Family Medicine Residency through McMaster University from 2014 to 2017.

Dr. Zhang is well-experienced in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), an emerging best-practice for ED physicians across Canada. She is a Canadian Point of Care Ultrasound Society Master Instructor and has both Level 1 and Level 2 certification. Dr. Zhang also taught Undergraduate Medicine Ultrasound Day Bedside at McMaster University. Her medical expertise will also be put to use in CKHA’s Hospitalist Department. Hospitalists care for the medical needs of all inpatients that don’t have family physicians, or whose family physicians don’t follow their patients when they’re admitted to the hospital.

“I am pleased that Dr. Zhang has joined CKHA’s team in the Emergency Department,” says Dr. Pervez Faruqi, Chief of Staff, CKHA. “A strong Emergency Department is important to maintaining CKHA’s commitment to providing quality care for our patients. Her expert knowledge of Point of Care Ultrasound will be well utilized in the department.”

The Emergency Department (ED) at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance provides quality emergency care to patients with acute illnesses or injuries 24 hours a day, seven days a week out of two sites: Chatham Site and Wallaceburg Site.

Family donates $10K

Mary Lou Crowley, Executive Director, Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, receives $10,000 from Tricia and Mike Montminy towards the purchase of new diagnostic imaging equipment for Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (Submitted photo)

The Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) is over $10,000 closer to their fundraising goal after receiving a generous donation from the Montminy family of Tilbury.

Earlier this week, Tricia and Mike Montminy presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA), in support of the $6.9 million CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign.

Several years ago Tricia and Mike’s daughter Michelle experienced an accident that required the use of several pieces of diagnostic imaging equipment to diagnose her injuries.

A few years later, Michelle suffered a concussion that again required diagnostic imaging.

Without the necessary diagnostic imaging equipment available at CKHA, Michelle’s future would have been seriously affected. The Montminy family continues to rely on the diagnostic imaging equipment at CKHA due to re-occurring symptoms.

Launched in 2014, the $6.9 million CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign is supporting the purchase of 17 new pieces of diagnostic imaging equipment, including a new CT Scan.

There is one million dollars left to raise by May 28 to reach the campaign goal.

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