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2010 Director General’s Awards
November 20th, 2010 On Saturday, November 6, 2010, the McGill University Health Centre honoured the exceptional contributions of ten individuals and one team representing each job category at its 2010 Director General’s Awards Gala. Simultaneously, we …
Tips from our experts at the MUHC to ensure a happy and healthy winter season
February 29th, 2016 Wintertime has welcomed us with our first big snowfall and bone-chilling cold snap. This winter, experts from the McGill University Health Centre would like to help both Quebecers, and visitors to our province, avoid injury. The …
MUHC researchers discuss teenage risk taking
December 22nd, 2010 It's difficult to say when the realization of his bad decision struck home. The attempted flip into his parents' aboveground swimming pool using a trampoline must have seemed perfectly logical up to the point where his feet left the …
Inauguration of the New Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Mountain Campus
January 7th, 2011 On December 14 th , 2010, the Department of Respiratory Medicine inaugurated its new home in D7 at the Montreal General Hospital, and the department is brimming with newness. Apart from it benefiting from more and better organized space …
Research shows single-patient rooms reduce hospital infections in ICU
January 11th, 2011 Research A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University has demonstrated that private rooms in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) play a key role in reducing hospital infections like C - difficile. The …
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Confident individuals, ready to go back into the real world
February 10th, 2011 Now retired, Bob Hartley volunteers in Occupational Therapy unit at the Adult Psychiatry department of the MUHC, where for the last seven years he has taken on the role as woodworking class supervisor. What he enjoys the most about his …
New heart pump puts the squeeze on stroke
February 14th, 2011 Photos:Pierre Dubois, Multimedia, MUHC Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new type of heart assist device that pumps blood by rhythmically squeezing the aorta has been implanted into a patient at the McGill University Health Centre …
Roadwork around the Glen site: now that’s a construction site!
February 24th, 2011 The intersection of Décarie and Saint-Jacques is breaking all records these days: never before has the area seen so many construction workers, cranes, trucks or backhoes. Not only is work being carried out on the Glen Campus site, but …
The most innovative equipment
The most innovative equipment Our community deserves the best equipment to diagnose and treat cancer. Thanks to the support of The Best Care for Life Campaign, the McGill University Health Centre will purchase more than $20 million of new equipment for …