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Rhian M. Touyz to Lead Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
March 18th, 2021 Releases News Cardiovascular clinician-scientist chooses Québec, Canada for next leadership role Montreal, March 18, 2021— The Board of Directors of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) announces today …
How the MUHC’s Social Service department responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 23rd, 2021 Articles The MUHC’s Social Service department serves and supports adult patients with complex care needs. They are patient advocates who also help families cope with the stress of hospitalization, illness or injury. They also help …
Profession: Perfusionist
March 23rd, 2021 News France Denis and Jeanne Corriveau, both perfusionists at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC), tell this anecdote with humour: "People don't know what a perfusionist is. They make us repeat, percussionists, perfumists? We still …
World Tuberculosis Day: Let’s put an end to it
March 24th, 2021 News Articles A patient named Sophie* (a fictitious name to preserve anonymity) was finishing her quarantine period following a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 in June 2020, when a cough and difficulty breathing intensified: "At first I …
On the Year of the Nurse, the MUHC celebrates the 200th anniversary of a visionary
May 20th, 2020 Articles Florence Nightingale paved the way for nurses with ingenuity, work and heroism during crisis. It is common knowledge that the image of a lamp has come to symbolize nursing’s ethos to caring with compassion during times of adversity …
CHAMPIONS in Occupational Therapy
May 21st, 2020 Articles News Jaclyn Stevenson, occupational therapist When you speak from the heart, you use the language of CHAMPIONS. Jaclyn Stevenson, an occupational therapist, faced a language barrier with a patient on the COVID unit and …
Priority: to keep you informed
May 25th, 2020 Articles News The Web specialists rise up to the challenge Tuesday, March 10, 2020: At the administrative offices of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) on Guy Street, the Digital Media team is working to resolve some issues and …
“We are thinking of you”
May 26th, 2020 Articles News “We want COVID patients to know that we are thinking of them,” says Catherine Barnes, a secondary 5 student who mobilized her friends and members of her community to hand craft Get Well cards for patients being treated for …
COVID-19: Situation on the 15th floor of the Montreal General Hospital
May 26th, 2020 News The 15th floor of the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Hospital Centre is experiencing an outbreak of confirmed cases of COVID-19: six patients in this unit have tested positive and have been placed in isolation on …
Made-in-Canada COVID-19 test developed at McGill receives government support
May 28th, 2020 News Research Source: Gillian Woodford , McGill McGill and RI-MUHC team partnering with National Research Council has obtained funding from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada to develop capability to produce millions of …