MUHC in the Media - June 24, 2024

Patients are coming in with fevers, difficulty breathing and signs of dehydration, he said, and are being rehydrated with IV fluids. At the Montreal General Hospital, emergency room physician Dr. Sanjeet Saluja said the heat wave is also putting a strain on hospital resources. Toronto Star

Montreal General Hospital music therapist and MusiArt choir director Dany Bouchard has granted two interviews in which he recounts the challenges that the choir has faced over the past 25 years, including the fire at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in May 2023, on the same day the choir was scheduled to perform. Sans réserve, Daybreak.

Many men do not express depressive feelings in the same way as women, who are more likely to feel sadness. In men, irritability, anger and sleeping issues can be symptoms of mental health problems such as anxiety or depression. Listen to Jennifer Russell, Ph.D psychologist and head of the Department of Psychology at the MUHC (adult sites), in her weekly radio column on CJAD.

Every summer, the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) Emergency Department treats more than 4,000 children and teens with assorted traumatic injuries, the majority of which are preventable, explains Dr. Laurie Plotnick, Medical Director of the MCH Emergency Department. CTV News 1, CTV News 2

Thanks to a Just for Kids Foundation donation, the Heart and Hands Pediatric Clinic’s multidisciplinary team can continue providing crucial services throughout the Sud-Ouest borough, particularly to the over 1,000 children attending Verdun Elementary, Riverview Elementary, Beurling Academy and the Rising Sun Childcare Centre, and their families, says Dr. Geoffrey Dougherty, pediatrician at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH). The not-for-profit pediatric clinic is a unique collaboration between the MCH and the Lester B. Pearson School Board. CBC

During the summer months, an average of one child a day goes to the emergency for a drowning or near-drowning in Quebec. This is the finding of a study that will be presented in September at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. The research was conducted by Dr. Hussein Wissanji, pediatric general surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital and investigator in the Child Health and Human Development Program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, in collaboration with Kacylia Roy Proulx, medical student at McGill University. La Relève

The vast majority of chronic illnesses can be prevented by adopting healthy lifestyle habits, points out Dr. Julie St-Pierre, pediatrician at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Radio-Canada

Dr. Jean Bourbeau, MUHC respirologist and researcher at the RI-MUHC, discusses the known and unknown impacts of climate change on health, emergency room visits and the health system. Radio-Canada Première

Dr. Ivan Litvinov, Director of the Division of Dermatology at the MUHC, talks about the increase in skin cancers, in an article that discusses prevention and screening. Québec Science

Dr. Brian Ward, a researcher at the RI-MUHC and the co-director of the MUHC Vaccine Centre, is quoted in an AFP (Agence France Presse) article aimed at countering misinformation about deaths allegedly attributable to COVID vaccines. Yahoo! Actualités