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News from Mr. Saad
February 6th, 2020 Articles “I haven’t felt this good in a long time,” says patient after innovative cardiac procedure. Last fall, Nick Saad was the first MUHC patient to undergo a brand new treatment for severe arrhythmias involving irradiating the …
Overcoming the greatest obstacle to curing HIV
February 12th, 2020 Research News In a groundbreaking study published in Nature , an American team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Emory University in Atlanta achieved a long-sought-after goal: to push the HIV …
Pediatric researchers in Montreal unite to tackle infection and immunity on two different fronts
February 13th, 2020 Research News Researchers at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre – the Children’s - and the CHU Sainte-Justine are coming together within the scope of two new projects, funded under the auspices of …
Sweethearts met ten years ago at the MUHC
February 14th, 2020 Articles Patricia Forde was on the verge of graduating from patient attendant (PAB) school when she landed a job at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC. She was thrilled about the opportunity and eager to get to work; the last …
The MUHC is proud of its life-saving adult ECMO program
February 18th, 2020 Releases News Montreal , - An article published today focused on the costs related to ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an advanced therapy used to treat patients in cardiac arrest or with severe respiratory failure, for …
Appointments of Drs. Francine Tremblay and Tarek Razek as Associate Directors of Surgical Services at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal General Hospital of the MUHC
February 19th, 2020 News On February 1, 2020, Dr. Francine Tremblay officially took on her new role as Associate Director of Surgical Services at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC). Dr. Tremblay is Assistant …
Famous Women in MUHC History
March 7th, 2020 News Articles An invitation to discover some exceptional women who made our history by Dr. Liane Feldman, first female Surgeon-in-Chief of the MUHC I think many of us would not be here today if it were not for the influential and famous …
Shorter wait times and better care at the MUHC Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit
September 23rd, 2019 News Articles Novel triage process makes sure patients can access sub-specialists faster. Worldwide, chronic pain affects approximately one quarter of the population—with staggering costs to the individual patient and society. These …
Installation of a cutting-edge cardiac MRI machine at the Glen site
September 23rd, 2019 Releases The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) received the 3T GE SIGNA™ Premier, a flagship GE Medical Systems Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (MR) machine, on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The machine, which performs cutting-edge …
Drone delivers simulated blood products to rooftop of the Montreal General Hospital
September 25th, 2019 Releases On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, a drone transported simulated blood products to the rooftop of the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) of the McGill University health Centre (MUHC) in a groundbreaking experiment led by Dr. …