Health in the Community
Ensuring Indigenous children have #aHand2Hold
New book revisits pediatrician-led campaign that fostered change in longstanding provincial air evacuation practice “It had always been upsetting to see children...
September 29, 2020
Remote assessment of brain health during a pandemic
Telephone and video evaluations keep seniors safe, and opportunities exist for improved assessment by distance Source: Shawn Hayward, The Neuro A team of...
September 29, 2020
15,000 COVID-19 tests produced by McGill University and the RI-MUHC: a step towards Canadian self-sufficiency
Source: MUHC In July 2020, the MUHC's Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine received 15,000 screening tests manufactured in Quebec by a team of...
September 25, 2020
MUHC palliative care pioneer, Dr. Balfour Mount, gets his own commemorative stamp from Canada Post
This latest set of stamps salutes groundbreaking contributions to medicine and research Source: MUHC Having received many honours for his trailblazing work in...
September 25, 2020
Helping people breathe easy
Respiratory therapists like Eric Fontaine are critical members of the healthcare team Source: The Neuro There are few things more important than the...
September 25, 2020
Supporting those grieving requires ‘literacy’, scholar suggests
Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald was working on postdoctoral research about the experiences of parents whose child had died in the pediatric intensive care...
September 23, 2020
CanCOVID’s platform fully funded by the Government of Canada; converges with REAL to share knowledge with all Canadians
Source: CanCOVID The Government of Canada is investing $1.25 million to support the development of the transdisciplinary CanCOVID network, which was recently established with...
September 23, 2020
News for MUHC patients : Negative COVID-19 results can be transmitted via text message to MUHC patients
Source: MUHC Six hundred forty-five (645) text messages have been successfully sent to patients who have tested negative for COVID-19, since the implementation...
September 9, 2020
Medical students on a mission to make wearing SPF 50+ trendy
By Stephanie Ghazal, B.Sc. M.D.,C.M. Candidate, Class of 2021 McGill University With soaring temperatures and clear skies, many Canadians are taking the opportunity...
September 9, 2020
Three new surgeons join the JGH
Dr. Allison Pang, colorectal surgeon Dr. Allison Pang has joined the JGH Division of Colorectal Surgery, having completed her General Surgery residency at...
September 4, 2020
Cancer Doesn’t Wait
The COVID-19 pandemic has massively derailed cancer prevention and treatment activities. A newly formed task force at McGill is evaluating the cost of...
August 18, 2020
Learning – and contributing – through experience
Management Analytics students help Montreal Children’s Hospital analyze telehealth services, plan supplies of personal protective equipment By Chris Chipello While telehealth has been...
August 18, 2020