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Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is returning to its normal visiting policy at both acute care hospitals after the Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit declared the community-wide influenza activity over Monday afternoon.

According to the health unit, local Influenza...

With approval from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care,Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare will be closing the 12 Interim Long-Term Care Beds at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site, effective March 31, 2013.

These beds have been functioning on a temporary, short stay basis at the HDMH...

The first babies of 2013 have arrived at both of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s hospital sites.

At the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site, Robert Christopher James Waites was born at 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 to first-time parents Robert Waites and Toni Newell of Gravenhurst. Robert...

The Huntsville Hospital Auxiliary (HHA) has completed its commitment to fundraise significant dollars towards the purchase of cardiac monitoring care equipment at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) Site.

A $100,000 cheque was presented to the Huntsville District...

Fighting a bug is never fun, but how can you get better if you don’t know what you’re dealing with?

Because colds and flu share many symptoms, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to tell the difference.

Influenza, or the seasonal flu, is a common and highly contagious infectious respiratory disease...