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Celebrating the 6,069 babies born at LHSC in 2023

February 16, 2024 The number marks our second highest birth rate on record London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is excited to share that in 2023, we recorded our second-highest number of births in a single year, with 6,069 newborns welcomed. This

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Supporting patients with ultrasound in the Northwest Territories

Danielle Jackson points to Inuvik, Northwest Territories where she spent three weeks providing ultrasound care February 8, 2024 Limited health human resources are a reality facing hospitals across Canada, including in the Northwest Territories where

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Celebrating the work of LHSC Residents during Resident Awareness Week

February 5, 2024 At London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), residents play a critical role in delivering quality care to patients, advancing research and innovation, and training future healthcare providers. Each February, Resident Awareness Week is

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Truths and Misconceptions: Eating disorders

February 1, 2024 An eating disorder is a mental health issue that presents with eating and eating related dysfunction. “Eating disorders are complex and often misunderstood,,” explains Stephanie Campbell, MSW, Social Worker, Adult Eating Disorders

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London Health Sciences Centre and London InterCommunity Health Centre partner to break down barriers with a new obstetrics clinic

January 31, 2024 Partnership will support pregnant individuals from marginalized communities to receive vital prenatal care In response to the growing need to break down the barriers for marginalized and pregnant individuals needing obstetrics care

Donor Impact

Transformational donation will launch the Jahnke Family Paediatric Oncology Centre of Excellence at Children’s Hospital

January 29, 2024 Local London couple, Dieter and Lyse Jahnke, have made the largest-ever gift of $5 million to Children’s Health Foundation and Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre. The significant and heartfelt gift was celebrated on

Research & Innovation

$6.5 million grant awarded to build consortium for improving the lives of Crohn's patients

Patients with Crohn’s disease may require difficult surgeries in their lifetimes that typically involve the removal of diseased bowel. Some patients may end up with a permanent ileostomy – a surgical procedure to divert stool from the intestine after

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LHSC’s Black Health team aims to improve healthcare for Black patients

January 17, 2024 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is on a journey to transform healthcare to be more responsive to the needs of the many diverse communities we serve. In May 2023, LHSC launched the Black Health stream within the Office of

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Bariatric centre at LHSC earns prestigious accreditation while changing lives

January 17, 2024 Each month about two dozen people come together to support each other through the journey faced by those who’ve had bariatric surgery to treat obesity. They gather virtually to learn, to lean on each other through the many challenges

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A patient experience in LHSC’s Stem Cell Transplant program

January 10, 2024 In 2022, Becky Jones was travelling with her husband when she noticed she was feeling tired and weak. Brushing off the feeling, she simply chalked it up to jet lag. “I felt like something was wrong, and I thought it had to do with my