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Throwback Thursday - Circa 1950-60
March 20th, 2014 Nurses break circa 1950-60. Nurses in and out of uniform relax in the nurses lounge at the RVH. If you are browsing social media on a Thursday, you will notice that the web is flooded with photographs of yesteryear. The MUHC has been …
Building a Hospital: A Labour of Love
March 21st, 2014 The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is undergoing some major changes and is preparing for the biggest move in its history—neither of which could be achieved without our dedicated staff. Andreane Pharand, Dr. Therese Perreault, Lyne …
Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 27th, 2014 At 29 years old, newly married Caroline Leroux* was looking forward to starting a family. But just two months after she stopped taking the pill, she experienced excruciating pain and cramps in her abdomen. Leroux’s physician ultimately …
Shriners launch construction at Glen site
April 17th, 2013 2013 will be a year of change, growth and excitement for Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada. These days, excavation and construction work for their new hospital is starting at the Glen site, at the corner of Décarie Boulevard and …
Progress at the Glen site: a question of equipment too
April 25th, 2013 Since the launch of the construction phase at the Glen site, our teams have put a lot of effort into the identification and purchase of equipment specific to the activities of a university health centre. The McGill University Health …
Trading scrubs for hard hats
October 24th, 2013 In August, almost a dozen MCH Emergency Department (ED) staff members visited the Glen to get a better idea of their new space. The inter-professional team was made up of clerks, nurses, and physicians. “It was important for us to …
The “Be Line Wise” Campaign saves lives
October 28th, 2013 With the move to the Glen site fast approaching, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is busy harmonizing practices across the network. For the past five years, the MUHC Prevention and Infection Control service’s priority has been …
Multidisciplinary team unites in the battle against cancer pain
May 22nd, 2013 From left to right: Maureen Comisso, Sara Olivier, nurse clinician, and Dr. Jordi Perez Maureen Comisso has had breast cancer twice. Following the second diagnosis she opted for a double mastectomy in 2006. Then last December, a cancer …
Skin-to-skin care now in place at the MUHC
May 22nd, 2013 The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has been working diligently over the past two years to put into place best practice recommendations given by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF. This includes placing the newborn in skin to …
Meet Christelle Khadra
May 22nd, 2013 At the Montreal Chest Institute in the Day Hospital (DH) and Emergency Department (ED) Christelle Khadra has been caring for patients with respiratory problems since last September, when she joined the team soon after obtaining her Masters …