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2014 Quarter Century Plus Celebration
June 2nd, 2014 This week we recognized and celebrated colleagues who have been with our institution for 25 or more years. Milestones of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years are marked every year with the Quarter Century Plus Celebration . For 2014, we have an …
Patricia O'Connor Receives Canadian College of Health Leaders Nursing Leadership Award
June 2nd, 2014 The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) today congratulated Patricia O’Connor, Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer of the MUHC, who is the recipient of the 2014 …
June is ALS Awareness Month
June 2nd, 2014 What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known widely as Lou Gehrig’s disease, develops as a result of the death of motor neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. This …
FREE checkups for men at the 9th Annual Men's Health Awareness Day
June 6th, 2014 What can you do in 10 seconds? Check an email, update a Facebook status, blow your nose… MUHC urologist Dr. Peter Chan can check a prostate in 10 seconds and possibly save a life In the time it …
Is the new Children’s Hospital as kid-friendly as the old site on Tupper St.?
September 5th, 2014 The new Montreal Children's Hospital was designed with our young patients in mind. Private patient rooms are filled with colour and soothing materials that help reduce stress. Some areas of the hospital, such as medical imaging for …
Nursing workshop gets makeover and becomes The Infection Control Amazing Race!
October 28th, 2014 The Infection Control Amazing Race Teams Red team: Karen Gonzales, Iryna Petrukovich, Angie Gongora, Liliana Moreno Blue team: Tracey Cavaliere, Kathy Higgins, Edna Schell, Arlina Jones, Winsome Clarke Orange team: Sharon Johnson, …
An Intensive Care Unit that is family-oriented
October 29th, 2014 Whether patients are experiencing sudden trauma, have severe medical complications or are recovering from surgery, the intensive care unit (ICU) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is always ready to care for them. By going …
And the winner is...
October 30th, 2014 The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) granted $150,000 to fund a creative new project to improve radiotherapy patients’ experience during the 2014 Challenge Q+ award ceremony yesterday afternoon. The primary goal with this …
It's National Pain Awareness Week
November 6th, 2014 At the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) we save lives every day but sometimes in ways people may not immediately consider. One woman revealed to Dr. Deborah Radcliffe-Branch, the Director of our Chronic Pain Self-Management …
Why is the new hospital called the Glen site?
November 11th, 2014 The Oxford dictionary states that a glen is a narrow valley. Thus the Glen site gets its name from the land it is originally built on. Erected in 1906, the land served as a train yard and station on the Canadian Pacific Railway route …