Worries surrounding the effects of cannabis
Badly-understood effects, lack of scientific evidence, preconceptions… Just a few months before the bill on cannabis legalization is tabled, scientists believe that there is still much information lacking: “Would you give Prozac to your teens?”, asked Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, who works at the Neurobiological Psychiatry Unit, a part of the MUHC psychiatry department. To learn more about this issue, read the Journal de Montréal, in French.
Cheaper hospital parking across Quebec to start April 1
Starting April 1, parking at hospitals across Quebec will cost less thanks to years of pressure from patients committees and other advocates to end what some people called "abusive" rates. Next month people will be able to park for free at hospitals in Quebec for the first 30 minutes, instead of paying $10 for that first half hour. Parking rules haven't changed since 2007 despite vast changes to the hospital network, such as the construction of the new McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the new Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). For more details, visit CBC News.
CIBPA honours surgeon
The Canadian-Italian Business and Professional Association (CIBPA) has selected pediatric plastic surgeon Dr. Mirko Gilardino, as its 2016 Person of the year. The title is granted each year to a person whose work is a perfect example of leadership, devotion and success. Currently the director of the H. B. Williams Craniofacial and Cleft Surgery Unit at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, he is director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program and Associate Professor of Surgery at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and McGill University Health Centre. Read all about it in The Suburban.
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