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Stop, reflect and laugh
February 12th, 2013 Most of us are being pulled in a million different directions and it’s easy to get stressed out or burnt out in the process. Recent data show 50 to 70 per cent of Canada’s disability and health care costs are now dedicated to …
Meet Operating Room Nurse: Sara Angers
February 12th, 2013 From the age of four, when she was admitted to the hospital with meningitis for two weeks, Sara Angers wanted to be a nurse. Her lifelong dream came true when she was accepted into nursing at Dawson and then while interning on Surgical …
The Ideal Patient Room
February 21st, 2013 News The New McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has committed to building a top-ranking, patient-centric university healthcare centre. Every aspect of this major challenge comes together in designing patient rooms for adults and …
Volunteer Maggie Shaddick making positive change at the MUHC and beyond
March 1st, 2013 The MUHC is fortunate to have many dedicated volunteers who are committed to making real, positive changes in the world. Maggie Shaddick, who has been working at the Montreal General Hospital snack bar every Wednesday morning for the past …
Speech by Claudio Bussandri
March 6th, 2013 Public Meeting (March 4, 2013) - C’est notre quatrième séance publique depuis que le nouveau conseil d’administration a été formé il y a un an, et comme toujours, je souhaite vous remercier pour votre présence et votre intérêt pour le …
Shaken Baby Syndrome kills
June 14th, 2013 Levi is one day old. His hair is blondish red and he is sleeping on his mother’s chest, skin to skin. Mom and dad, Suzy and Andy DiBiaso, are visibly euphoric about the arrival of their third son. They will leave the Royal Victoria …
Following in dad's footsteps
June 14th, 2013 Photo caption: McGill Medical student Daniel Gottesman holds a picture he drew for his dad as a youngster, which his father Dr. Ron Gottesman, left, still has pinned up in his Montreal Children’s Hospital office. “To be honest, I never …
Moving to the Glen site : the NICU team starts preparing
June 19th, 2013 Andréane Pharand, Mario Bonenfant, Dr. Therese Perreault and Lynn Lauzon review the plans of their new unit . Moving to the new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site means a lot more than just moving boxes and setting up camp …
Risky MS treatment gives a doctor his life back
July 3rd, 2013 Read more MUHC news Alexander Normandin was a third-year McGill University medical student when he first learned he had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system. Dr. Alexander …
Redefining a disease
June 19th, 2013 Peter Ste-Marie (left) with Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles discussing a fibromylagia case in the MUHC Rheumatology Clinic at the Montreal General Hospital. Diane Brodeur was diagnosed with fibromyalgia four years ago, although she believes that …