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Making it work—together
June 19th, 2013 Imma Franco and Andréane Pharand visit the Glen site. The new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site project is an exercise in collaboration. In this interview, Imma Franco, associate director, Programs and Services Planning, …
Phase One expansion complete for Lachine MRI Suite
June 19th, 2013 The Lachine Hospital is happy to announce that it has completed Phase One of the expansion of its MRI suite. According to Paula Abi Nakhlé, project coordinator, this expansion is significant because it will allow for a greater …
$20 million to be invested at the Montreal General Hospital
June 21st, 2013 As part of its conservation and general maintenance plan, the MUHC will invest $10 million per year over the next two years at the Montreal General Hospital, a vital medical resource for Montreal’s downtown core. Patients and employees …
Centre universitaire de santé McGill - Le retour à l'équilibre budgétaire est amorcé mais les défis demeurent importants
July 9th, 2013 L’accompagnateur désigné par le Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) pour assister le Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM) dans son opération de retour à l’équilibre budgétaire, docteur Michel A. Bureau, a déposé son …
Meet Khouanheun Phonsavatdy
July 15th, 2013 Khouanheun Phonsavatdy, Float Nurse in the Medical Surgical Care Unit and Day Surgery at Lachine Hospital “To be a nurse, you have to have passion, and you have to like people,” says Khouanheun (known as Khouan) Phonsavatdy, who has been …
MUHC scientist receives 2013 Movember Discovery Grant
July 17th, 2013 Prostate Cancer Canada, with the help of the Movember Discovery Grants program, announced today that 40 grant recipients from across the country involved in early-stage breakthrough research in prostate cancer have been awarded funding. …
The MUHC Birthing Centre delivers top-quality care
August 1st, 2011 The successor of Montreal’s University Lying-In Hospital, which opened in 1843, it’s a place where the lights never go out, and the action never stops. It’s also where new parents Ian Popple, a member of the Public Affairs team at the …
Complete care under one roof at the Glen Campus
July 1st, 2011 Nurse Tricia Del Campo attends to a “preemie” in the Royal Victoria Hospital NICU. Many people are already familiar with the stresses that come with childbirth; even the smoothest deliveries can be fraught with fatigue and worry. But …
MIS transforms girl’s future in just over an hour
August 4th, 2011 For Kelsey Vickers, the indentation in her chest was something she could easily hide. At only 13 years old, it did not have a huge impact. It was only when she went in for a laparoscopic procedure to have her appendix removed last year …
Minimally Invasive Surgery is not just a procedure at the MUHC—it is a philosophy of care
August 9th, 2011 Last year, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) celebrated its 20th anniversary of laparoscopic surgery and as one of the first hospitals to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomies (removal of the gall bladder) in Canada. Over those …