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Holiday reminders December 27 to January 3

CHEO is always here for you when you need us. Our Emergency Department and all urgent and essential services are always open. We also continue to work hard in response to the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic as your safety is our top priority. During the week of December 27, our administrative services are closed. You can still access the following services during this time:

Emergency Department Open. Essential Services  Open. Inpatient areas Open. KidCare Pharmacy

CHEO named 2021 Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® Great Employers.

OTTAWA, Ontario, December 8 — Once again, CHEO has been recognized as a 2021 Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month® Great Employers.  Presented by Excellence Canada, CHEO is among 11 Canadian organizations being celebrated for their planning and actions to foster physically and psychologically safe and healthy workplaces, striving to continually improve across four main areas of focus, namely: Physical health, social health, mental health and community.

“Our team – staff, medical staff, learners...

CHEO suspends virtual visits to its Emergency Department

Dec. 1, 2021 — OTTAWA — Today, CHEO has had to suspend offering virtual visits to its Emergency Department for at least 90 days, to keep up with an increased demand for in-person services and reduce the department’s wait times.  

This suspension allows CHEO to reassign much-needed staff from virtual care to providing in-person support to kids...

Children’s Health Coalition welcomes additional measures to protect health and well-being of kids

OTTAWA, November 18, 2021 – The Children’s Health Coalition welcomes additional measures announced today to protect the health and well-being of children and youth and to help keep schools open. Beyond the classroom, we know that the greatest indicator of safety within schools is what is happening outside their walls and we continue to support public health measures in the broader community that help contain the spread of COVID-19.

Families have shouldered...

$26 million gift to Canada’s Children’s Hospitals: $2 million to help children and youth at CHEO

Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations (CCHF) together with Children’s Healthcare Canada (CHC) are thrilled to announce a $26 million investment from Thistledown Foundation to support Canada’s 13 acute care children’s hospitals across the country. This historic gift recognizes the immense impact of the pandemic on Canadian children, youth, and their families.

A donation of $2 million to each acute care children’s hospital coast-to-coast is intended...