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Ready to take-off for surgery: New protocol ensures safety
June 28th, 2010 Anesthesia concerns? Check. Surgeon’s concerns? Check. Nursing concerns? Check. “Okay, we all agree, we’re ready for surgery.” Sound familiar? This checkpoint surgical procedure, part of the new Surgical Patient Safety Protocol at The …
Laughing it off
June 30th, 2010 Consider this: Snoop Dogg walks down the street carrying an umbrella. Stunned, you ask him – “Hey Snoop, what’s with the umbrella?” Snoop answers: “Fo’ drizzle!” The jury is still out on whether bad jokes are good for you, but if you …
Growth of cardiology care responds to the burden of health
June 30th, 2010 “From around 900 BCE (before the Common Era) to the early 20th century, life expectancy increased by a decade, from about 33 to 43 years of age,” says Dr. Jacques Genest, McGill University Heath Centre (MUHC ) director of Cardiology. “In …
The founding of Palliative Care Services Worldwide
June 30th, 2010 From within the walls of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), and under the leadership of McGill Physician Dr. Balfour Mount, came the first Palliative Care Service in the world. In the early 1970s, palliative care was virtually …
Social Workers play vital role in helping patients get back on their feet
July 30th, 2011 Hospitals can create stress and anxiety for just about anyone. From tests and procedures to waiting for results and wondering what comes next, many patients rely on social workers to help guide them through the process. More than 100 …
Montreal Neurological Pain Program tops in Canada
June 30th, 2010 From Montreal to Sept-îles, Gaspésie and Abitibi, the Pain Program of the Chronic Pain Clinic at the Montreal Neurological Hospital/Institute (MNH /I) helps patients from Quebec and beyond, who suffer from chronic pain—a condition that …
Tips on how to prevent heat stress
July 11th, 2016 While the long hot days of summer are wonderful, they can also bring on heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke, exhaustion and dehydration. During the summer months heat can get extreme in certain workplaces, particularly where there …
Government of Quebec funding for assisted reproduction begins
August 5th, 2010 MONTRÉAL, August 5, 2010 – The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) welcomes the start of the Quebec government’s funding of fertility treatment today – a move that will bring new hope to many Quebec couples struggling with infertility. …
Confident individuals, ready to go back into the real world
February 10th, 2011 Now retired, Bob Hartley volunteers in Occupational Therapy unit at the Adult Psychiatry department of the MUHC, where for the last seven years he has taken on the role as woodworking class supervisor. What he enjoys the most about his …
New heart pump puts the squeeze on stroke
February 14th, 2011 Photos:Pierre Dubois, Multimedia, MUHC Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new type of heart assist device that pumps blood by rhythmically squeezing the aorta has been implanted into a patient at the McGill University Health Centre …