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August 30, 2024 When Reiko Quinlan was born, he looked just like any other baby. But his care team suspected something was wrong and immediately whisked him away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where monitoring in the hours following

To improve patient monitoring and experience, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is replacing existing vital signs machines (VSMs) and ensuring that all care spaces now have a dedicated machine. These new installations allow for one VSM dedicated

August 20, 2024 Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has reduced its paediatric surgery waitlist by 26 per cent for non-urgent and non-emergent cases, thanks to funding from the Make Kids Count initiative announced by the

August 15, 2024 Meet Deb Lines, Recreational Therapist at London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC’s) University Hospital. Working with patients at the bedside in Inpatient Medicine’s Clinical Teaching Unit, Lines builds important relationships with

August 14, 2024 By Chad Carnegie, Medical Radiation Technologist MRI technologists at LHSC As a Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) specializing in MRI, our role is crucial in the diagnostic process, safely operating scanners and ensuring high

August 7, 2024 In late spring 2022, Chris Wyenberg was finishing his PhD when he noticed blood in his stool. His symptoms continued to worsen and in mid-August that year, he went to an urgent care clinic to be assessed. “I didn’t think it was that

August 6, 2024 Trigger warning: This story deals with child abuse The procedure, involving inserting a stimulator device into an area in the brain, allows patient Mandy Dostie relief from life-long pain. The quote “Everything old is new again”

On this date in 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 took effect across the British Empire, eliminating slavery and ending an era of unimaginable suffering for African peoples and their descendants. March 24, 2021 saw the Canadian House of Commons

July 29, 2024 The Oncology Patient Navigation Program (OPNP) is operated by the South West Regional Cancer Program (SWRCP) and supports patients with navigation through the cancer system from pre-diagnosis, through treatment and, if necessary, the

July 29, 2024 Patients of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London now have easy access to one-on-one help with virtual care appointments through a digital navigator. Sam Ayoko doesn’t have a health background but for the