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Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township Councillor Bill Myers knows the importance of a quick response by paramedics.Myers revealed at Tuesday’s council meeting he’d been absent for a couple of weeks after suffering a heart attack in early April. “I’m glad to report that I’m feeling better and I’m back,” he said during the new business portion of the council

Families looking to figure out if a cough is serious or to stitch up a cut will have more options soon. The Plympton-Wyoming Health and Wellness Centre will soon be open more often, thanks to funding from the provincial government. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced $910,000 in one-time funding for access to care centres in Lambton, including at the clinic

Heather Wright/The Independent There will be fewer drives to Sarnia for blood work for Petrolia residents. Bluewater Health says the lab at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital will reopen April 22, even though the computer problems which prompted the closure in October have not yet been resolved. The outpatient lab was closed in the wake of the Oct. 23 cyber attack