MUHC in the Media - August 10, 2026
Electric scooters : too many serious and preventable injuries among young people
Over the past three years, the use of electric scooters has increased significantly throughout Quebec. According to data from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) Trauma Centre treated approximately 80 children and adolescents last year for injuries including head injuries, abdominal injuries, facial injuries, dental injuries, fractures, lacerations and sprains. As of August 2026, it has already treated more than 80 children. Interviews with Liane Fransblow, Trauma Coordinator of the MCH, Injury Prevention Program, and Debbie Friedman, Trauma Director and CHIRPP Director at the MCH.
Dr. Laurie Plotnick, pediatric emergency medicine and emergency department trauma medical head and Glen Keays, coordinator and researcher, Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, also wrote the open letter that was published in La Presse and the Montreal Gazette.
La Presse, Montreal Gazette, Radio-Canada 1, Radio-Canada 2, Radio-Canada 3
Liane Fransblow also gave an interview to Protégez-Vous magazine about button batteries and the dangers of children swallowing them. Protégez-Vous
A promising tool for improving the screening of liver fibrosis in people living with HIV
According to a study led by Dr. Giada Sebastiani, current screening for liver fibrosis misses many cases among people living with HIV and could be improved using a new tool developed by her research team at The Institute. Noovo, L’Actualité, CityNews
Toddler living with rare disease raises money for Research at The Neuro
The family of a three-year-old boy from British Columbia with hereditary spastic paraplegia is working with The Neuro to develop better treatments for the disease. They are raising awareness and millions of dollars for research. Global News, CityNews
Cholesterol guidelines are getting stricter in the U.S. : what could this mean for Canada?
The United States is tightening its cholesterol targets in its new guidelines, an approach that could also be reflected in the next Canadian guidelines. Dr. Iulia Iatan, an internist and researcher at the MUHC, notes that the 2021 Canadian guidelines were already more up to date than the previous U.S. recommendations that were dating from 2018. La Presse