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Lakeridge Health new surgical center and health-care facility opening in Pickering

June 25, 2023

On Monday, Lakeridge Health announced that the Jerry Coughlan Health and Wellness Center (JCHWC), is on track to open in the fall 2023.

Lakeridge Health says it’s a new state-of-the-art surgical center and health-care facility in North Pickering.

The JCHWC was named after the late local philanthropist, and community-builder, Jerry Coughlan, in recognition of his historic philanthropic support of $9-million to the new facility through the Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation and Lakeridge Health Foundation.

“We’re excited about the progress of the new Surgical Center and health-care facility,” said Dr. Randy Wax, Chief of Staff, Lakeridge Health. “The new Jerry Coughlan Health and Wellness Center will not only enable care closer to home, but also help to ease surgical backlogs with procedures performed in a community facility.”

They say the Surgical Center at the JCHWC will provide a wide range of day surgeries, including endoscopy, minor orthopedics, and gynecological procedures.

They

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US spends most on health care but has worst health outcomes among high-income countries, new report finds

March 13, 2023April 14, 2023

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The United States spends more on health care than any other high-income country but still has the lowest life expectancy at birth and the highest rate of people with multiple chronic diseases, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, an independent research group.

The report, released Tuesday, also says that compared with peer nations, the US has the highest rates of death from avoidable or treatable causes and the highest maternal and infant death rates.

“Americans are living shorter, less healthy lives because our health system is not working as well as it could be,” the report’s lead author, Munira Gunja, senior researcher for The Commonwealth Fund’s International Program in Health Policy and Practice Innovation, said in a news releases. “To catch up with other high-income countries, the administration and Congress would have to expand access to health care, act aggressively to control costs, and invest

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