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Surgery from the 1930s to 1960
November 29th, 2012 At the former Saint-Joseph Hospital, the department of surgery was separated into operating and sterilization rooms. The furniture included a gurney and a portable stretcher, two sterilizers, an operating table and a glass table, …
Evelyne Pytka: Renewing the love of food for diabetics
August 2nd, 2012 By Tamarah Feder Evelyne Pytka is a clinical nutritionist and certified diabetes educator who helps children and their families navigate the challenges of living with Type 1 Diabetes – and renew a love and trust of food. For Evelyne …
Major construction to start on Avenue des Pins and Avenue du Dr-Penfield
August 30th, 2012 Access to the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) and The Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute (The Neuro) will be affected by major underground infrastructure work on Avenue des Pins and Avenue du Docteur-Penfield that will be carried …
A breakthrough to help children see
September 4th, 2012 By Julie Robert Nikolas Ouimet is 14 years old. Since birth, he has had very poor vision. He suffers from Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a hereditary disease that often causes blindness in newborns. Thanks to the work of Dr. Robert …
Dr. Maurice McGregor recognized for contributions to Health Technology Assessment
April 11th, 2014 Dr. McGregor, McGill University professor emeritus and recently retired chair of the Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre, was honoured by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) …
It is National Volunteer Week!
April 11th, 2014 A big thank you goes out to our over 2,200 volunteers, including our auxiliary members, who give over 220,000 hours a year to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) usually with a smile, sometimes through tears and always from the …
Do not forget TB!
March 24th, 2014 It may be easy for many Canadians to disregard tuberculosis (TB) as an irrelevant disease; after all, it is curable and only found in the developing world…right? Today, Monday March 24th, is World TB Day and readers should be reminded …
Montreal General ICU initiative honours patient's memory while supporting families
April 14th, 2014 Lauren Alexander There’s no doubt that patients who end up in the MUHC’s Intensive Care Units receive the best care possible. But staff at the Montreal General’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) realized there was little infrastructure in place …
A tree of life
April 16th, 2014 Margaret (Spearman) Gibbs, left, was a patient at the Montreal Chest Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital who underwent a successful, groundbreaking lung cancer operation on December 20, 1979. The procedure is no longer used, but it was …
April 22 is Earth Day
April 22nd, 2014 To celebrate Earth Day, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is reaffirming its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint and preserve our natural resources for future generations. Last year, more than 850 metric tonnes of …