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Understanding dialysis
March 7th, 2014 The kidneys play an important role in keeping the body healthy. They retain or excrete water, eliminate wastes and toxins, and produce hormones that regulate blood pressure, stimulate red blood cell production and activate vitamin D. …
Understanding kidney transplants
March 7th, 2014 Kidney transplantation offers the best treatment for a person diagnosed with severe (permanent) kidney failure. Dialysis is performed 3 to 5 times a week. It does not replace—or only partially replaces—normally functioning, healthy …
True or false? Kidney failure is curable.
March 7th, 2014 False. Kidney disease takes many different forms and may lead to kidney failure. Although there are ways to treat people with kidney failure—namely dialysis or kidney transplant —these treatments are not actual cures for kidney …
Thoracic surgery at the Montreal General Hospital
March 7th, 2014 As 2015 approaches, the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) is undergoing a significant transformation to prepare for the reorganization of services at the New MUHC. With its supraregional mandate and as the only unit of its kind within the …
Why did you build a new hospital?
May 29th, 2014 Simply put, our older facilities were inadequate for modern healthcare needs. As you may know, some of our sites were built more than a century ago. The New MUHC has our hospital sites, rather than six. A new facility was built at the Glen, …
Why did the Montreal General Hospital not move to the Glen?
May 29th, 2014 In 2003, the Government of Quebec asked the MUHC to maintain a hospital open in downtown Montreal. The MUHC chose the Montreal General Hospital as it is the most recently constructed adult care building and has the only adult level one …
2014 Quarter Century Plus Celebration
June 2nd, 2014 This week we recognized and celebrated colleagues who have been with our institution for 25 or more years. Milestones of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years are marked every year with the Quarter Century Plus Celebration . For 2014, we have an …
Patricia O'Connor Receives Canadian College of Health Leaders Nursing Leadership Award
June 2nd, 2014 The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) today congratulated Patricia O’Connor, Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer of the MUHC, who is the recipient of the 2014 …
June is ALS Awareness Month
June 2nd, 2014 What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known widely as Lou Gehrig’s disease, develops as a result of the death of motor neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. This …
I keep hearing about “tertiary and quaternary care” at the MUHC. What does this mean?
June 4th, 2014 Primary care is the first point of consultation for all patients within the healthcare system. Primary care often refers to check-ups, preventative care and the treatment of common ailments, and is usually provided by a family medicine …