First womens and childrens hospital in Ontario moves forward in Mississauga [Video]

A new hospital being built in Mississauga that will be Ontario’s first health-care facility to focus exclusively on the well-being of women and children is currently taking shape and while the physical facility is not yet ready, programming is already reaching community members who need help post-partum. 

Recently, Trillium Health Partners, which operates hospitals in Mississauga and Etobicoke, announced that it’s already serving patients through its perinatal community care program, a program designed for post-partum women who stand to benefit from additional support (including infant weight checks, feeding and breastfeeding support, mental health support and more) in the six to eight week period after birth. 

The program, led by midwives, opened last summer. A THP spokesperson says it has already supported 450 families and provided more than 800 visits to patients–including those who do not have a family doctor, are new to Canada, or might otherwise struggle to receive follow-up …