MUHC in the Media - November 11, 2024
MUHC celebrates Remembrance Day with parade
The MUHC celebrated Remembrance Day with a parade led by bagpiper and former Cedars Cancer Centre patient William David Inglis. Following the parade, a ceremony was held to pay tribute to fallen members of the Canadian Armed Forces. The poem “In Flanders Fields”, written by John McCrae, who worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1904 before being deployed to Belgium in 1914, was also read to those present. City News
Remembrance Day: The Impact of Trauma on Veterans and Soldiers
On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Jennifer Russell, head of the Psychology Department at the MUHC's adult sites, addresses the topic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers in her weekly segment on CJAD. PTSD manifests as nightmares, intrusive thoughts, intense emotional reactions, and flashbacks, even years after witnessing a traumatic event. Other symptoms include anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, sleep disturbances and avoidance behaviours. CJAD.
An impressive show at the Montreal Children's Hospital
Officers from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal entertained patients and staff at the Montreal Children's Hospital last Friday by rappelling down a hospital wall. La Presse, CityNews
An app to identify children at risk of developing cancer
Dr. Catherine Goudie, hematologist-oncologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, has developed an application to help identify children with hereditary cancer syndrome, also known as cancer predisposition syndrome. Explanations in Le Devoir.
Smart Hospital project in full swing
Aimed at developing wireless vital signs monitors, the Smart Hospital project has just completed its second phase and the results look encouraging, explains Dr. Wissam Shalish, neonatologist at the Montreal Children's Hospital. Le Devoir
Problematic intersection: two health professionals sound the alarm
Charlie Shein, 14, was crossing the street on his way to school when he was hit by a car. Fortunately, he is ok, but it seems that incidents are recurrent in this area. His mother, Dr. Samara Zavalkoff, Pediatric Intensivist at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), and Debbie Friedman, Trauma Director at the MCH, are campaigning for safer intersections. Montreal Gazette, CTV News
A rise in atypical pneumonia
Why getting vaccinated this fall?
As the virus season gets underway, Dr. Hussein Wissanji, pediatric general surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital, explains the benefits of vaccination. 98.5 FM