NEWS RELEASE
GEORGIAN BAY GENERAL HOSPITAL
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Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) celebrated Franco-Ontarian Day Friday. This annual event is held province-wide to recognize the unique Francophone history and culture in Ontario. Across province, there at more than 600,000 Franco-Ontarians, making up 4.9 per cent of Ontario’s population.
Members of GBGH’s French Language Services Committee, and GBGH president and CEO Gail Hunt, proudly raised the Franco-Ontarian flag at the hospital to recognize the unique Francophone community the hospital serves.
GBGH is proud to have received its partial French Language Services designation in 2017. As part of this designation, the hospital provides information externally in both languages, as well as offers French language service in several departments - Switchboard, Human Resources, Finance, Ambulatory Care.
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