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Dr. Maurice McGregor recognized for contributions to Health Technology Assessment
April 11th, 2014 Dr. McGregor, McGill University professor emeritus and recently retired chair of the Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre, was honoured by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) …
It is National Volunteer Week!
April 11th, 2014 A big thank you goes out to our over 2,200 volunteers, including our auxiliary members, who give over 220,000 hours a year to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) usually with a smile, sometimes through tears and always from the …
Do not forget TB!
March 24th, 2014 It may be easy for many Canadians to disregard tuberculosis (TB) as an irrelevant disease; after all, it is curable and only found in the developing world…right? Today, Monday March 24th, is World TB Day and readers should be reminded …
Montreal General ICU initiative honours patient's memory while supporting families
April 14th, 2014 Lauren Alexander There’s no doubt that patients who end up in the MUHC’s Intensive Care Units receive the best care possible. But staff at the Montreal General’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) realized there was little infrastructure in place …
A tree of life
April 16th, 2014 Margaret (Spearman) Gibbs, left, was a patient at the Montreal Chest Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital who underwent a successful, groundbreaking lung cancer operation on December 20, 1979. The procedure is no longer used, but it was …
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 …
Throwback Thursday
April 25th, 2014 …
Rhythm of the heart
April 25th, 2014 Dirty Dancing might be one of the most-watched chick flicks of all time. Not sure if it’s Baby’s awkwardness, the movie’s soundtrack or Patrick Swayze’s smile, but something continues to resonate with women and girls of all ages. Most of …
The Sign of a Hero—a story of a friendship that goes way beyond skin deep
April 25th, 2014 Stephen Evans and Andy Bowers have been friends for about 15 years but on March 13, 2014 their friendship reached a new level in the Transplantation Unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital at the McGill University Health Centre. The friends’ …
They call him superman
April 30th, 2014 “My last good marathon was Ottawa 2012 and I crossed the finish line crying,” says 52-year-old Randy Brown, who at the time had just won his battle with throat cancer. He finished the marathon in 3 hours and 20 minutes—a time that …