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MUHC in the news | August 15 - 19, 2016

MUHC Reproductive Centre moving to new homeMUHC Reproductive Centre moving to new home

The last department left behind at the Royal Victoria Hospital is finally moving. The MUHC Reproductive Centre, tucked away on the sixth floor of the old Women's Pavilion, is gearing up to move at the end of October, eighteen months after the rest of the hospital transferred operations to the Glen site. Iit will move to Place Dupuis, near the Berri-UQAM Metro station. For more details, visit CBC News and check out an interview with Dr. William Buckett, the reproductive centre's director.

Change is in the air at the Lachine HospitalChange is in the air at the Lachine Hospital

Since becoming part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in 2008, the Lachine Hospital has been working on ensuring its survival. Announced in December, a 70 M$ investment put towards renovations and expansion has allowed management to acquire state-of-the-art technology to excel in its preferred fields, related to geriatrics. For more information, read Le Messager Lachine.

Vent de renouveau à l’Hôpital de Lachine

Depuis son intégration au Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM) en 2008, l’Hôpital de Lachine vise à assurer sa pérennité. Pour ce faire, et grâce à un investissement de 70 M$ annoncé en décembre dédiés aux rénovations et à l’agrandissement, la direction s’est dotée d’une technologie à la fine pointe pour exceller dans ses domaines de prédilection, connexes à la gériatrie. Pour autres détails, visitez Le Messager Lachine.

Trans children: Montreal has resources to help families come to termsTrans children: Montreal has resources to help families come to terms

Parents, teachers and doctors should stop treating children and teens who buck gender stereotypes as if there is something wrong with them, says a Montreal doctor who treats transgender youth. Dr. Shuvo Ghosh is a developmental-behavioural pediatrician at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and co-director of the Meraki Centre, a new clinic in downtown Montreal that specializes in gender variance in children and adults. For more details about the centre, visit the Montreal Gazette.

Gaming camera could better monitor MS treatmentGaming camera could better monitor MS treatment

Using a gaming camera that detects movement and computer algorithms that quantify people's walking patterns can help clinicians objectively monitor the differences in gait of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients compared to healthy individuals, a study says. To find out more about this study, being carried out by Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and McGill University visit The Buffalo Breeze.

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