Oshawa

===Health care===
Oshawa is the site of [[Lakeridge Health Oshawa]], formerly Oshawa General Hospital. Lakeridge Health is one of Ontario's largest community hospitals. The facility also houses the RS. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre.

Lakeridge Health Oshawa is also home to Lakeridge Health Education and Research Network (LHEARN) that opened in 2013. LHEARN is the academic home for Queen's University family physician residency program and for pediatric residency and training. LHEARN Centre provides training and testing medical professionals, including doctors, nurses and first responders (including [[Ornge]] critical care air ambulance paramedics).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Medical Training |url=https://www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/en/trainingandresearch/advancedmedicaltraining.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930204847/https://www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/en/trainingandresearch/advancedmedicaltraining.asp |archive-date=30 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Oshawa is also home to the Oshawa Clinic, the largest, multi-specialty medical group practice in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oshawa Clinics |url=http://www.oshawaclinic.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025070425/http://www.oshawaclinic.com/ |archive-date=25 October 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 24 April 2020, General Motors Canada reopened the city's local plant in order to manufacture [[Personal protective equipment]] for healthcare workers treating patients infected with [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Chris |date=27 April 2020 |title=GM to reopen plant to make PPE |url=http://oshawaexpress.ca/gm-to-reopen-plant-to-make-ppe/ |website=Oshawa Express}}</ref>