Diane Johnston Local Journalism Initiative Reporter KIRKLAND LAKE – Blanche River Health is the latest Northern Ontario hospital to receive provincial funding help to transfer patients to out-of-town…
Help for non-urgent patient transfers extended to BRH was last modified: August 6th, 2025 by

The province is providing BRH with up to $428,000 annually for three years for its service transporting medically stable patients to out-of-town appointments. Pictured above with one of BRH’s two patient transfer vehicles are, from left, Carol Ann Marcoux, BRH’s manager of in-patient unit and allied health care, and patient transfer attendants Penny Ferguson and Chelsea Patizio. (Supplied Photo)