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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 …
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 …
Keeping your chin up after head trauma
April 21st, 2016 Articles Stephen Masciotra can’t remember a thing about the car crash that left him in a coma at the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MGH-MUHC) for six weeks in June 2008, when he was 18 years old. “My …
The Glen site - looking back and looking forward
April 21st, 2016 One year ago today, the Royal Victoria Hospital on Pine Avenue closed its doors (for the first time in its 122 year history) and the first patients were welcomed to the new Glen site of the MUHC. A few weeks later, the Montreal Chest …
A tropical parasitic disease emerges in the Canadian Arctic
April 28th, 2016 Releases An outbreak of an intestinal parasite common in the tropics, known as Cryptosporidium, has been identified for the first time in the Arctic. The discovery was made in Nunavik, Quebec, by a team from the Research Institute of the …
LOVE Exhibit
April 29th, 2016 The RBC Art and Heritage Centre of the McGill University Health Centre is proud to announce the launch of their latest exhibit at the Glen site: an insightful look at overcoming teen bullying and violence through photography. LOVE, which …
Is asthma an obstacle to performance? Not for Yvan Martineau...
May 2nd, 2016 Life is often a series of opportunities, obstacles, efforts and accomplishments. Yvan Martineau, a Quebec journalist and TV host, who is passionate about sports and tourism, recently shared a little bit about his life journey with us. Yvan …
Hand Hygiene: the most important infection control measure
May 4th, 2016 The McGill University health Centre (MUHC) has developed a comprehensive Hand Hygiene Program that involves making sure we have access to sinks and alcohol hand rub, systematic auditing of practice throughout the organization, education, …