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Panel: Recent and Planned Changes to Provincial Health Structures
November 30th, 2009 Panel: Recent and Planned Changes to Provincial Health Structures — Preparing for the Future Chair: Dr. Penny Ballem, Vancouver City Manager, former Deputy Minister of Health, British Columbia Speakers: The Hon. Ron Liepert, Minister …
Dr Maurice McGregor
June 10th, 2010 Maurice McGregor , MB, BCh, MD, FRCP(C), FRCP(Lond), FACC. Maurice McGregor trained in Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and following military service in World War ll, studied Cardiology in …
MUHC hosts first international ISAI conference on the Canadian health care system (2008)
June 15th, 2010 THE CANADIAN HEALTH SYSTEM COMES OF AGE. A framework for 21st century care. Welcome to the first annual conference of the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation(ISAI) of the McGill University Health Centre (May 28-29, 2008) The …
Tackling the rising costs of health care
February 19th, 2010 Faced with the continual tide of new technology, our universal health care system must constantly deal with surging costs. At the same time, hospitals have to operate on fixed budgets. So how can we benefit from the best technologies …
Notice to MUHC patients who have undergone open heart surgery
November 1st, 2016 Releases The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is informing its patients who have undergone open-heart surgery between these dates: · Between November 1, 2011 and October 27, 2016, at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) · …
April 22 is Earth Day
April 22nd, 2014 To celebrate Earth Day, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is reaffirming its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint and preserve our natural resources for future generations. Last year, more than 850 metric tonnes of …
Make the right choice!
November 27th, 2017 Every year during the holidays, Montréal hospitals see a spike in visits to their emergency rooms. The holidays are a time for all sorts of gatherings, which brings people into contact with the viruses that are going around at that …
Earth Day 2018: Leading by Example
April 20th, 2018 Articles More than $1 million worth of single-use plastic sharp containers used to store and dispose of needles, syringes and biomedical waste ends up in landfills every year from Montreal area hospitals alone. Throw in another half-ton …
A safer cafeteria
November 4th, 2020 News In order to comply with the instructions and directives of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and to provide a safe environment for patients and staff, we are limiting access to the eating areas on our sites. The …
Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases COPD risk
July 11th, 2019 Research Lung function normally declines as we age, but a new study carried out by researchers from Canada, Switzerland, and the UK, suggests that air pollution may contribute to this process and adds to the evidence that breathing in …