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To patients, helpers and caregivers: Instructions for wearing a mask inside the MUHC
May 19th, 2020 News As of May 12, all patients, helpers and caregivers will be required to wear a mask or face covering upon arrival at the hospital triage station. A mask will be given to those who are not wearing one. However, a helper, attendant or …
On the Year of the Nurse, the MUHC celebrates the 200th anniversary of a visionary
May 20th, 2020 Articles Florence Nightingale paved the way for nurses with ingenuity, work and heroism during crisis. It is common knowledge that the image of a lamp has come to symbolize nursing’s ethos to caring with compassion during times of adversity …
CHAMPIONS in Occupational Therapy
May 21st, 2020 Articles News Jaclyn Stevenson, occupational therapist When you speak from the heart, you use the language of CHAMPIONS. Jaclyn Stevenson, an occupational therapist, faced a language barrier with a patient on the COVID unit and …
Priority: to keep you informed
May 25th, 2020 Articles News The Web specialists rise up to the challenge Tuesday, March 10, 2020: At the administrative offices of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) on Guy Street, the Digital Media team is working to resolve some issues and …
“We are thinking of you”
May 26th, 2020 Articles News “We want COVID patients to know that we are thinking of them,” says Catherine Barnes, a secondary 5 student who mobilized her friends and members of her community to hand craft Get Well cards for patients being treated for …
COVID-19: Situation on the 15th floor of the Montreal General Hospital
May 26th, 2020 News The 15th floor of the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Hospital Centre is experiencing an outbreak of confirmed cases of COVID-19: six patients in this unit have tested positive and have been placed in isolation on …
Made-in-Canada COVID-19 test developed at McGill receives government support
May 28th, 2020 News Research Source: Gillian Woodford , McGill McGill and RI-MUHC team partnering with National Research Council has obtained funding from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada to develop capability to produce millions of …
The MUHC is proud of its life-saving adult ECMO program
February 18th, 2020 Releases News Montreal , - An article published today focused on the costs related to ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an advanced therapy used to treat patients in cardiac arrest or with severe respiratory failure, for …
Appointments of Drs. Francine Tremblay and Tarek Razek as Associate Directors of Surgical Services at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal General Hospital of the MUHC
February 19th, 2020 News On February 1, 2020, Dr. Francine Tremblay officially took on her new role as Associate Director of Surgical Services at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC). Dr. Tremblay is Assistant …
A future game changer in the assessment of concussions in hockey?
February 26th, 2020 Releases News Research A frequent injury in contact sports, concussions are not always easy to diagnose. Athletes can exhibit different signs or symptoms and may underreport their symptoms to remain “in the game”. This is especially …