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Tell Us Your Thoughts about Living With a Chronic Illness in Canada
August 27th, 2015 Our research team (patients, healthcare providers, researchers and policy makers) is exploring new ways to help people with chronic illness live well. Please give us your input about things we should consider by completing an online …
The first baby born in 2015 at the MUHC is a girl!
January 1st, 2015 News MONTREAL, 1 January 2015 – New Year's good news has arrived at the McGill University Health Centre in the form a baby girl weighing 3,130 kg, born 18 seconds after midnight on January 1, 2015 a the Royal Victoria Hospital. Her name …
At the Glen site, how many meals are served annually?
January 5th, 2015 According to our estimations, we prepared approximately 1 108 000 meals at the MUHC Glen site in 2015. « Back to Questions …
Single REB review for Multi-centre research under the new MSSS Multi-Centre Research Ethics Review Mechanism
December 18th, 2014 The Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) announced significant changes to the MSSS Multi-Centre Research Ethics Review Mechanism (2014 Mechanism). Under the 2014 Mechanism, as of February 1, 2015, a study to be …
Journey to a smoke-free life with help from MUHC IMPACT program
January 18th, 2015 Giovanni Giammario It’s hard to quit smoking, especially when you’ve been a smoker all your life, or almost. Sometimes, consciously thinking about it helps to break the addiction. And with the appropriate resources, such as the ones …
Patient tattoos doctors’ and hospital initials on his arm
January 15th, 2015 In spring 2009, Normand Dubé was diagnosed with an advanced case of esophageal cancer. But he still managed to stay upbeat during his treatment. How? Optimism, humour and gratitude. Normand Dubé shows off his tattoo with the name of …
Patient tattoos doctors’ and hospital initials on his arm
January 15th, 2015 Normand Dubé shows off his tattoo with the name of his wife, Sylvie, the initials of his doctors, Lorenzo Ferri and Thierry Alcindor, as well as the initials of the Montreal General Hospital. In spring 2009, Normand Dubé was diagnosed …
The countdown is on for patient transfers!
January 16th, 2015 In December, the Adult Sites Patient Transfer Coordination Committee successfully carried out its first mock patient move in preparation for the upcoming transfer of the long-term - care patients from the Montreal Chest Institute (MCI) …
I am wondering why you have kept the old name of Royal Victoria. It was a good name for back then, but this is today, and it’s a new hospital.
January 16th, 2015 It may be a brand new complex, but when it opens its doors in the spring of 2015, the Glen site will already offer close to 350 years of combined, renowned experience in health care. With three of the MUHC founding hospitals moving to …
Does the MUHC operate on ingrown toenails?
January 16th, 2015 The MUHC is mandated to treat more specialized types of health problems, such as those that require hospitalization, complex surgery, or emergency care. For treatment of more routine medical cases, such as ingrown toenail, patients …