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Treating babies before they take their first breath
June 19th, 2013 Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge (left) , Pediatric Surgeon and Andrea Secord, Genetic Counsellor. The University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) was the first in the world to perform open fetal surgery in 1981. Repairing birth defects in the …
Making it work—together
June 19th, 2013 Imma Franco and Andréane Pharand visit the Glen site. The new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site project is an exercise in collaboration. In this interview, Imma Franco, associate director, Programs and Services Planning, …
Phase One expansion complete for Lachine MRI Suite
June 19th, 2013 The Lachine Hospital is happy to announce that it has completed Phase One of the expansion of its MRI suite. According to Paula Abi Nakhlé, project coordinator, this expansion is significant because it will allow for a greater …
$20 million to be invested at the Montreal General Hospital
June 21st, 2013 As part of its conservation and general maintenance plan, the MUHC will invest $10 million per year over the next two years at the Montreal General Hospital, a vital medical resource for Montreal’s downtown core. Patients and employees …
Progress at the new Research Institute
June 21st, 2013 Driving past the Glen site, it’s easy to see how advanced our new hospital is. Among the most advanced buildings is the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC)—it’s easily identified by its nearly completed silver and white exterior and …
Centre universitaire de santé McGill - Le retour à l'équilibre budgétaire est amorcé mais les défis demeurent importants
July 9th, 2013 L’accompagnateur désigné par le Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) pour assister le Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM) dans son opération de retour à l’équilibre budgétaire, docteur Michel A. Bureau, a déposé son …
Meet Khouanheun Phonsavatdy
July 15th, 2013 Khouanheun Phonsavatdy, Float Nurse in the Medical Surgical Care Unit and Day Surgery at Lachine Hospital “To be a nurse, you have to have passion, and you have to like people,” says Khouanheun (known as Khouan) Phonsavatdy, who has been …
MUHC scientist receives 2013 Movember Discovery Grant
July 17th, 2013 Prostate Cancer Canada, with the help of the Movember Discovery Grants program, announced today that 40 grant recipients from across the country involved in early-stage breakthrough research in prostate cancer have been awarded funding. …
Statue of Queen Victoria moves to the Glen site
July 19th, 2013 Saying Bon Voyage to a Queen How do you say à la prochaine to an exquisite statue that is part of the Royal Victoria Hospital’s heritage? With tea and scones of course! Staff, volunteers, members of the RVH Foundation and Auxiliary …
Respiratory Therapists of the MCI – Breathing new life into patient care
July 25th, 2013 Dorcas Paul-Emile, Franceen Browman, Khan Le, Pascale Girard and Lucie Goulet “We had a patient once – a gentleman requiring a respirator for part of the day – who wanted to attend his cousin’s wedding,” says a smiling Dorcas Paul-Emile, …