MUHC in the Media - March 4, 2024

The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is proud to  be one of four sites in Quebec to build a heliport, as part of the MSSS’s first Government Action Plan for Quebec's pre-hospital emergency system. "This announcement is a first step in the right direction in the development of a truly organized helicopter transport system in Quebec that will benefit all patients. ," says Dr. Kosar Khwaja, Medical Director, MUHC Adult Trauma Program and Intensive Care Medicine. CTV News

Dr. Faiz Ahmad Khan, respirologist and researcher at the RI-MUHC, has conducted a study with MUHC colleagues, physicians working in Nunavik and Inuit stakeholders that underscores the importance of taking action to ensure equity of access to health care and services and to lung cancer screening in Nunavik communities.  CBC, CBC Radio, Medscape

The MUHC surgery and oncology teams care for two sisters suffering from a rare form of cancer, osteosarcoma. They carry the TP53 gene, which predisposes them to developing various cancers. Journal de Montréal.

Dr. Earl Rubin, Division Director of Infectious Diseases of the Montreal Children’s Hospital, points out that the populations most at risk of measles complications are children, pregnant women and immunosuppressed patients. With spring break in full swing, parents should make sure all family members have received two doses of the measles vaccine before travelling, says Dr. Jesse Papenburg, Pediatric Infectiologist and Medical Microbiologist at the Montreal Children's Hospital. CBC, CBClive

Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, a senior researcher in the Metabolic Disorders and Complications Research Program at the Research Institute of the MUHC, was interviewed by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Toronto to discuss the high incidence of Type 2 diabetes in the Peel region of Ontario, and ways to reduce the incidence of the disease.

Transplant Québec awarded its Grand Prix 2022 to Dr. Sam Shemie, Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Montreal Children's Hospital and Associate Investigator at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, in recognition of his outstanding commitment, leadership and professionalism in advancing the practice of organ donation in Quebec. Radio-Canada

Treatments to help babies who run out of oxygen during pregnancy or at birth are limited. A new clinical study conducted by Dr. Pia Wintermark, a neonatologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and scientist with the Child Health and Human Development Program of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, shows that the administration of sildenafil, marketed under the brand name Viagra, could be a possible solution. Hospital News