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Tillsonburg POST
NOVEMBER 13, 2025
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TDMH emergency department enhanced by nurse practitioner JEFF HELSDON Editor
Nurse Practitioner’s Week had an extra special meaning at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital (TDMH) with the success of a year of the Rapid Assessment Fast Track (RAFT) program under Nurse Practitioner (NP), Krista Wright. Nurse Practitioner’s Week is November 10 to 14, a little more than a year after RAFT program was launched at TDMH in September 2024. The aim of the RAFT program was to reduce wait times, optimize team members satisfaction, optimize space utilization, and significantly im-
prove overall patient flow, efficiency, and experience. It has checked the boxes in these areas to date. The TDMH emergency department operates on a one-physician model, with the dedicated local doctors covering shifts and shifts filled from Health Force Ontario doctors. The ED does see a large number of patients with less acute conditions; these overall contribute to longer wait times for everyone that visits the ED. The introduction of the NP as part of the RAFT program has improved the wait time of patients with less acute conditions; and thus improved overall ED CONTINUED TO PAGE 2 wait times.
Santa Claus is coming to town JEFF HELSDON Editor
Saturday night’s Santa Claus parade is traditionally looked at as the start of the Christmas season in Tillsonburg. Starting Saturday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m., this marks the third year of a night parade. The switch from a daytime parade to a nighttime event has been a success, with 93 parade entries last year and more than 8,000 people estimated to have viewed the parade. “Last year was astronomical, it blew the top off anything the parade has done in the
past,” said Tillsonburg and Area Optimist Club President Michelle Wegg. “We are looking forward to providing the same level of entertainment and Christmas joy we have provided in past years.” She had accolades for last year’s parade cochairs, Lindsay Munroe and Holly Vallee, but said they had to take a step back from running the parade this year. Wegg and Catherine White are co-chairs of the event this year. The parade route will be the same as last year, passing by Maple Manor, Tillsonburg Retirement Residence, near Woodingford Lodge and the hospital. CONTINUED TO PAGE 5
SILENT VIGIL
(JEFF HELSDON PHOTO)
Members of the Branch 153 Varnavair Air Cadets held a silent vigil at the cenotaph from 8 p.m. Monday night until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. Each cadet stood guard for an hour in two 30-minute increments as they rotated through the night. Cadet Lucas Fehr, left, and cadet Soulton Abbasi took their turns in the early hours of the vigil on Monday night. See next week’s paper for more photos of Tillsonburg’s Remembrance Day ceremonies.