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The Neuro enrolls Canada’s first patient in a new clinical trial for the treatment of brain tumours
March 10th, 2016 Releases Dr. Kevin Petrecca, William Feindel Chair in NeuroOncology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University and the MUHC, enrolled and treated Canada’s first patient in a new clinical trial for patients …
Traditional skin tests used to predict allergies to antibiotics are useless say Montreal researchers
April 7th, 2016 Releases Skin tests traditionally used to predict allergies to amoxicillin, one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in children, are ineffective according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill …
Alive against all odds
April 11th, 2016 Articles When Amélie Bourassa talks about her stay at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC) and the birth of her daughter Florence in the spring of 2014, she goes through moments of bewilderment. …
P.K. Subban announced that a significant portion of his $10 million commitment to the MCH Foundation would go toward helping families of patients who, as a result of their child being sick, are facing financial hardships. How can people get help?
April 13th, 2016 Question: P.K. Subban announced that a significant portion of his $10 million commitment to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation would go toward helping families of patients who, as a result of their child being sick, are facing …
Volunteer week - 10 to 16 April, 2016
April 13th, 2016 Articles Did you know that we have close to 2,300 volunteers who devote their time and energy to helping out in our hospitals, doing things like greeting patients, holding babies and holding hands, just being there in times of need, …
Research project led by RI-MUHC scientist gets $1.65 M from NSERC for training project
April 14th, 2016 Releases From left to right: Dr. Kevin Lachapelle (MUHC cardiac surgeon), Greg Fergus (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development), Dr. Jake Barralet (CREATE-lead scientist), Zhi Lin Yang and …
MUHC responds to FIQ union claims
April 14th, 2016 Releases The MUHC wishes to refute the claims of the Syndicat des professionnelles en soins infirmiers et cardiorespiratoires du CUSM (SPSICR-CUSM) of improvisation in budget cuts that “don’t take into account the impact on care.” Since …
Showing love and sharing life
April 15th, 2016 Articles On National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week – April 18 to April 25 – a young man and his sister look back on the operation that changed their lives. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” says 29-year-old Daniel Paradis as he …
Face to face with... Helina Asumadu, patient attendant (PAB) in the Internal Medicine Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC
April 18th, 2016 Articles I tell jokes, dance and sing for patients; I want to bring a smile to their faces. I never forget that the patient is somebody’s mommy, somebody’s daddy, somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter. Why did you decide to become a PAB? …
A story of a friendship that goes way beyond skin deep
April 18th, 2016 Articles Stephen Evans and Andy Bowers have been friends for about 15 years but on March 13, 2014 their friendship reached a new level in the transplantation unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital at the McGill University Health Centre. Two …