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Transitioning from paediatric to adult care: How Children’s Hospital is helping young patients prepare
January 30, 2025 Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has launched a new team designed to support paediatric patients as they transition from youth to adult care. The Transitions in Care team is a multidisciplinary group of
Nurses share their positive learning experience in community cervical cancer education workshops
Image: Joy Mink, Registered Practical Nurse, and Natalie Watt, Registered Nurse, at their nurse-practitioner led clinic, Health Zone January 24, 2025 In 2023, Dr. Robert DiCecco, Regional Lead for Cervical Screening at the South West Regional Cancer
Patient Safety in Housekeeping
January 20, 2025 Donna Gallant has been working at London Health Sciences Centre for almost 20 years and knows the direct impact her work has on patient safety. Ensuring areas are properly disinfected is just a small part of how she keeps patients
Tune in to LHSC's Community Update Meeting
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is hosting its Community Update Meeting on Wednesday, January 22 at 12 p.m. and everyone is invited to join. LHSC’s Community Update Meetings are hosted monthly to provide community members with updates on LHSC
Bariatric Centre of Excellence adds medical stream offering for patients
Above: Members of the medical stream within LHSC’s Bariatric Centre of Excellence are committed to making a positive difference for patients as they pursue comprehensive, non-surgical lifestyle improvements through this latest offering. January 17
Government of Ontario announces funding to expand LHSC's Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre, helping Ontarians receive surgery faster
Above: Members of the Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre team: (L-R) Brooke Boulerice, Registered Nurse; Nancy Tuttle, Registered Nurse; Dr. Abdel-Rahman Lawendy, Medical Director, Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre; Shayla McAlpine, Registered Practical Nurse
Partners in providing care: Behind the scenes with Biomedical Engineering
January 15, 2025 Each year the Biomedical Engineering team at London Health Sciences Centre certifies and fixes over 24,000 pieces of equipment including incubators in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, diagnostic imaging equipment, patient beds and
LHSC treats first publicly funded Canadian patient with new prostate cancer therapy
January 14, 2025 On Friday, December 27, 2024, Frederick (Fred) Harrison from Swinton Park, Ontario was the first patient in Canada to receive publicly-funded Novartis PLUVICTO TM treatment for prostate cancer at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)