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Breathing new life into the MUHC Council of Nurses
May 8th, 2017 Articles Members of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) nursing staff spend every shift on the front lines, seeing to patients the minute they step foot into the hospital. The weight of their work is just one of the reasons why a …
Summary of Work Priorities in 2016-2017
May 19th, 2017 Releases In spite of a difficult context, marked by a major restructuring of the health and social services network and the departure of the institution’s president and executive director, we believe that we have achieved the internal …
MUHC takes augmented reality into the operating room
May 31st, 2017 Releases Montreal – New technology using augmented reality and mixed-reality is assisting surgeons with planning and real-time positioning in patients who require ear, nose and throat surgery. The state-of-the-art technology, known as …
Kidney graft success - does age and sex matter?
June 8th, 2017 Releases MONTREAL – The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The study, which was a …
In the hands of the TLC team
June 9th, 2017 Articles Members of the team that cared for Leo Bossy at Lachine Hospital’s Camille Lefebvre long-term-care pavilion, from left to right: Aicha legal, Mohamed Touatti, Mellissa Maheux, Martin St-Pierre, Mélanie Dumont, Julie Boyer, Mehdi …
Vocation: pharmacist
June 9th, 2017 Articles In May, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Pharmacist Nancy Sheehan received the Roger-Leblanc Award of Excellence from the Association des pharmaciens des établissements de santé du Québec. “It is only given once a year by …
Evenings and nights in the RVH emerg
June 20th, 2017 Articles “Working in the ED puts life into perspective. It helps you choose your battles in life, and it makes you count your blessings.” This is just a glimpse into the mindset of McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Emergency …
Working with and for patients
June 20th, 2017 Articles Lia* is a patient of the Montreal Neurological Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). In five years, she has undergone three brain surgeries, two of them to repair aneurysms. On a Tuesday afternoon in May, Lia …
Biofilms—the eradication has begun
June 21st, 2017 Releases Canadian researchers develop a novel enzyme technology to fight biofilms From left to right: Brendan D. Snarr and Donald C. Sheppard from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and P. Lynne Howell, Natalie …
How a few drops of blood led to a breakthrough in immunology
July 5th, 2017 Releases Montreal – Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) may have cracked the code to understanding the function of special cells called regulatory T Cells. Treg cells, as they are often …