At the MUHC we offer many opportunities to meet your personal interests. Our volunteer opportunities are organized into three types of service.
Inpatient services
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Hemo Dialysis
- MUHC: Dialysis
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Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
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Emergency Department
- RVH/MGH: Emergency Department Volunteering
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ED Mental Health
- MGH/AMI upon request: More information to come
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Book cart
- RVH/MGH: More information to come
- Arts & Crafts
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OBJECTIVES
- To enhance the quality of life for patients
- To alleviate loneliness
- To provide support and companionship to patients, their families and close friends
- To give patients the opportunity to be creative
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VOLUNTEER’S ROLE
- To build a patient/volunteer relationship
- To relieve the boredom and loneliness the patient may be feeling
- To demonstrate arts and crafts projects upon request
- To visit patients and deliver arts and crafts materials
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SUGGESTED ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECTS
- Creating greeting cards
- Decorative painting or ceramic painting
- Creating flower pens
- Play-dough art
- Decoupage
- Origami
- Arts and Crafts Program
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All in-patient units
- MUHC: More information to come
Outpatient services
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PACU
- RVH/MGH: More information to come
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Test Centre
- RVH: More information to come
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Opthamology
- RVH: More information to come
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GI
- MGH: More information to come
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Orthopedics
- MGH: More information to come
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Imaging
- MUHC: More information to come
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Respiratory Clinics
- Glen site: Clinics volunteering
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Surgical Clinics
- Glen site: Clinics volunteering
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Wayfinding /wheel chair
- MGH: Wayfinding
Special services
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MGH Auxiliary gift/coffee shop
- MGH: Hospitality Corner
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RVH DayCare
- RVH: More information to come
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Cedars CanSupport
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Friends of the MUHC
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Friends of the MNH
- MNH: More information to come
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Patient Advisory Volunteers
- MGH: More information to come
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Clerical Office Support
- More information to come