The Lake of the Woods District Hospital has been received the first ever “Leading Governance Excellence” Award.The award, presented by the Ontario Hospital Association's Governance Center
of Excellence, recognizes work done by a hospital's board of directors.
Board Chair Fred Richardson says there is one big reason they received the reward.
He says community involvement was key to the honor.
Richardson says the Ownership and Linkages Committee is their outreach into the community.
Richardson says there was 26 submissions between 2 categories.