Grey Bruce Health Services

Grey Bruce Health Services is an amalgamation of health services in Grey and Bruce counties in Ontario, Canada. The current hospital location opened June 26th, 1986. The hospital has the capacity for 400 beds, however only receives funding for 169.

The Owen Sound Hospital.
Entrance of the Owen Sound Hospital.

It includes six hospitals:

Diagnostic irregularities

Grey Bruce Health Services made national headlines when it was revealed that one of its pathologists was asked to step down, following confirmation that he had a high error rate.[1][2][3]

Additional images
  • Emergency department

See also

References
  1. Yet Another Canadian Pathology Disaster Emerges, Canadian Medicine, May 2, 2008 Archived May 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Nguyen L. Ontario pathology probe casts doubt on hundreds of tests. Canwest News Service. May 1, 2008. Available at: https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=485364. Accessed on: May 1, 2008.
  3. Babbage M. No hospital immune to problems facing pathologists, says college. The Canadian Press. May 1, 2008. Available at: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080501/health/health_health_diagnosis_errors Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on: May 1, 2008.


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