SLMHC Hires New CEO
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
January 12, 2010.
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre Hires New Chief Executive Officer
The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Center is pleased to announce it has completed its search for a new Chief Executive officer. David Murray will assume the duties of the office beginning March 1st 2010.
Roger Walker, the former CEO, left in mid November of 2009 to assume the CEO position for the Timmins General Hospital. Mr. Douglas Semple stepped in to take the leadership role of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre on an interim basis until March 2010.
“We are very fortunate to have acquired the services of Dave Murray. His experience and knowledge of Ontario’s health care system will be very helpful in Meno Ya Win’s continued development as a Center of Excellence for health care in Northwestern Ontario”, said Kai Kaivoukouski, Co-chair for SLMHC.
“His proven ability to draw consensus amongst diverse views and groups will certainly be an added strength to a very capable management group we already have within our hospital”, said Frank Beardy co-chair of SLMHC. “Certainly this strength will also help him in establishing a good working relationship with the First Nations whose communities make up 85% of SLMHC’s service area”.
“I am pleased and honoured to have been chosen to continue the excellent progress that has been made to establish Meno Ya Win as a Centre of Excellence. The commitment to partnering has served all of the people of this area well. This is a very exciting opportunity and I look forward to learning in detail about the challenges and hopes for health care in the area and especially how we can work together to improve access and care delivery to the First Nations communities.” Murray said.
Mr. Murray is originally from the northwest and has extensive health care leadership experience with the Community Care Access Centre sector, the nationally recognized Group Health Centre in Sault Ste Marie and as the inaugural CEO of the North East LHIN.
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, as a Centre of Excellence is a role model for the delivery of both culturally sensitive and holistic health care that provides hospital and other services to approximately 30,000 people living in twenty-eight First Nation and four other communities including Sioux Lookout.
The SLMHC is currently constructing a brand new ‘state of the art” hospital facility with an expected completion date in late fall 2010. Occupancy is to follow shortly thereafter.
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For more information please contact:
Mr. Douglas Semple, Interim CEO,
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
807-737-3030