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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 …
MUHC in the news | August 1 - 7
MUHC in the news | August 1 - 7 The media are keeping up to speed with the latest developments at the MUHC in terms of healthcare delivery, patient's experience, discoveries and teaching. In order to keep you informed, read our MUHC in the news bulletin …
MUHC in the news | July 25-31
MUHC in the news | July 25-31 The media are keeping up to speed with the latest developments at the MUHC in terms of healthcare delivery, patient's experience, discoveries and teaching. In order to keep you informed, read our MUHC in the news bulletin - …
It's International Youth Day!
August 12th, 2015 Releases STEP program students Michel Toutuungy and Mélyssa Fortin. At the MUHC we appreciate our young volunteers who are part of our STEP volunteer program, but they will say they also appreciate us. In its 13th consecutive year, the …
Gestational diabetes: A diabetes predictor in fathers
August 13th, 2015 Releases Gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, affects between three and 20 per cent of pregnant women. Those who develop gestational diabetes are 7 times as likely to eventually develop type 2 diabetes …
MUHC in the news | August 8 - 14
MUHC in the news | August 8 - 14 The media are keeping up to speed with the latest developments at the MUHC in terms of healthcare delivery, patient's experience, discoveries and teaching. In order to keep you informed, read our MUHC in the news …
Cystic Fibrosis: Researchers unveil the secrets of key bacteria for a better understanding of the disease
August 14th, 2015 A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) led by Dr. Dao Nguyen, respirologist and researcher in the Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program, made a recent breakthrough in cystic …