MUHC in the Media - December 27, 2023

René Lévesque was one of the first patients in Quebec to have access to a minimally invasive brain procedure: neurosurgery performed, among other things, by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to target a particular area of the brain. Dr. Guy Rouleau, Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, explains in greater detail what it is about at the TJ Montreal.(12:30)

Little Nathalia was born in an emergency at just 30 weeks of age with a huge tumour in her back that weighed more than half her body weight. Dr. Emil Sheriff, pediatric surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital, operated on her just moments after birth. He is still amazed that the surgery was a success. Journal de Montréal

Suffering from mitochondrial myopathy, 12-year-old Sam Dumesnil was finding it increasingly difficult to eat and was slowly making his way towards tube feeding. Innovative surgery performed by Dr. Sam Daniel, Chief of Surgery at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), enabled him to eat normally again. TVA Nouvelles

A genetic therapy that aims to slow fronto-temporal dementia will soon be put to trial in Montreal. The Neuro, where the clinical trial will take place, is recruiting dementia patients who would like to participate. Dr. Simon Ducharme, a specialist in fronto-temporal dementia and head of the clinical trial at The Neuro, provided details to Le Devoir  

A recent study led by Kevin Schwartzman and Jonathon Campbell at the Research Institute of the MUHC found that approximately one in four foreign-born Canadian residents is infected with TB, but very few of them were infected within the last two years, the period of highest risk for progression to the active form of the disease. The authors of the study published in CMAJ suggest that prevention strategies should prioritize infection screening for new permanent residents from countries where the incidence of TB is high. Medscape

Recently, various articles have reported that Pope Francis was suffering from lung problems. Dr. Bryan Ross, a pulmonologist at the MUHC and a researcher at the Research Institute of the MUHC, speaks of healing and convalescence in elderly patients with pulmonary affections. La Presse

Jasmine Lee Hill, a nurse and senior advisor to the MUHC's nursing directorate, is taking part in an innovative project to restore quality time to nurses caring for patients. Read the article in Healthy Debate.