LHSC News
LHSC awarded HIROC Safety Grant to support a collaborative project between the Critical Care Outreach Team and Inpatient Medicine
May 3, 2024 For the first time ever, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has received a Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) Foundation Safety Grant Award. The award is the result of a collaborative effort between the Critical Care
In a Canadian first, LHSC performs robotic assisted direct lateral spinal surgery
April 25, 2024 Chronic back pain affects nearly eight million Canadians and is a condition that can become quite debilitating. For Dave Meyn, a clinical neuroscience patient at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), chronic back pain led to sciatica
Zeynah’s story: Turning a family’s loss into an incredible gift
April 19, 2024 Trigger warning: this story deals with the death of a child When Maryam describes her firstborn daughter Zeynah, one of the first things she speaks of is her willingness to give. “She was a really kind, considerate child, she would
Comprehensive Epilepsy Clinic at Children’s Hospital receives 2024 HOPE Award
April 19, 2024 Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is pleased to share that its Comprehensive Epilepsy Clinic (CEC) has received the 2024 HOPE Award from Epilepsy Southwestern Ontario. "I’m immensely proud of our Comprehensive
Providing care to patients with autoimmune neurologic diseases: from lab to clinic
April 18, 2024 The tenth floor of London Health Sciences Centre’s Victoria Hospital is home to a series of specialty diagnostic laboratories in the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PaLM), where experts are exploring neuroimmunology, a
LHSC Administrative Partner named provincial organ and tissue donation champion by Ontario Health
April 22, 2024 For the first time in its 22-year history, an administrative staff member has been awarded the Provincial Donation Champion Award by the Ontario Health Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN). Alaina Marles, Administrative Partner to the
Embracing moments: A heartwarming 20-year volunteer journey
Gale Murley has dedicated 20 years of volunteer service with London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) Auxiliary. Her volunteer journey has been about giving back without expecting anything, sparked by an unexpected encounter. "I met a lady at a
Paramedic advances patient care, career with LHSC placement
April, 5 2024 In paramedicine, no two days are the same, and you must be prepared for anything. After four years as a paramedic in Guelph, Eric Hocking had experienced a great deal, but he wanted to expand his knowledge even further. That desire led
From kidney disease through to successful transplant: Deb’s journey of care
April 4, 2024 In 2013, Deb Beaupre experienced a medical emergency after complications from a previous surgery. When she couldn’t breathe, she went to hospital and was placed on hemodialysis. “I was an emergency start on ‘hemo’ and my first thought