Grandview Kids and Ontario hospital group partnership to support youth with disabilities [Video]

A new partnership between Lakeridge Health and Grandview Kids will help thousands of children and youth with developmental and physical disabilities in Durham Region get access to improved and more personalized health care

Grandview Kids, Durham’s only children’s treatment centre for kids with physical, communication and developmental needs, will house a state-of-the-art outpatient procedure room at the Jerry Coughlan Building – the facility’s new headquarters in Ajax. The space will enable monthly appointments for children and youth to receive procedures with sedation from Grandview Kids physicians and Lakeridge Health surgical and anesthesia staff.

Dr. Carolyn Hunt, the Developmental Paediatrician and Medical Director at Grandview Kids, said they work directly with families to find “creative and unique ways” to support the health care needs of the children and youth they serve.

“It can be difficult to find local providers,” she said. “Currently, Grandview Kids’ developmental paediatricians and clinical staff collaborate with …