by medicaltechont | Oct 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
TORONTO — A three year old boy from Guelph, now has a surgery date set in the U.S., thanks to an outpouring of community support.
Bentley Mitchell has cerebral palsy and currently needs a walker to get around. SDR surgery, offered in St. Louis Children’s Hospital, could help him walk independently.
Bentley was the guest of honour at Granite Homes annual golf tournament in Guelph, Ont.
The tournament donated nearly $35,000 raised by participants to Bentley.
His parents had been working for months to raise $125,000 for the surgery and related costs. They have now met their goal.
“It’s been amazing the support we’ve had. You can’t even put into words how touching it is,” said Chad Mitchell, Bentley’s father.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2242425/child-poised-for-surgery-in-u-s-despite-being-denied-ohip-funding/
by medicaltechont | Mar 15, 2014 | Healthcare, Physiotherapy
CORNWALL – The Ontario government has made it a little easier for patients looking for physiotherapy to receive the help they need without having to deal with private insurance companies. OHIP announced patients will now have access to OHIP funded physiotherapy services in 24 pt Health physiotherapy clinics across Ontario.
Cornwall Physiotherapy on South Branch Road has always been an OHIP funded clinic and clinic director Amanda Peltsch said it was changes to the way OHIP funded physiotherapy services that made the impact.
“With the changes that happened in August, other clinics were able to apply for contracts to provide OHIP services,” said Peltsch, “We were already one of the original OHIP providers, so we automatically were granted a contract. We are allocated a certain amount of episodes of care to apply to OHIP clients.”
Peltsch said now any physiotherapy clinic in Ontario can apply for the OHIP contracts.
“That’s why we are seeing more OHIP providers,” she said.
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