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Understanding Your Care

Being moved to a different unit While we will do our best to meet your needs and preferences, you may be moved to a different area of the hospital to ensure you receive the best care possible, or if another patient is in great need of care in that particular area. If you or your family have...

What would my loved one want done? Advanced Directives & Living Wills

Advanced directives and living wills are terms that are used interchangeably. These documents are an assurance that your loved one’s treatment decisions will be respected. An advanced directive and a Power of Attorney for Personal Care can be combined into one legal document. The person named in the...

Tracers during Accreditation

January 27, 2023 An on-site Accreditation Canada survey at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will take place in February 2023. In preparation for the on-site survey, the LHSC Accreditation Team is running tracers to help staff and physicians prepare for the survey. As patients and care partners...

Tracers during Accreditation

July 18, 2022 Patients are encouraged to participate An on-site Accreditation Canada survey at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will take place in February 2023. In preparation for the on-site survey, the LHSC Accreditation Team is running tracers to help staff and physicians prepare for the...

London Health Sciences Centre is Canada’s first hospital with four major orthopaedic robots on site

Recently, LHSC has become the first hospital in Canada and one of only half a dozen institutions in the world to have all four major hip and knee replacement surgical robots on site. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is home to one of the largest surgical fellowship programs in Canada for hip and...

Announcing LHSC’s Teaching Award winners

September 25, 2023 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) hosted its inaugural Teaching Awards ceremony on Friday, September 15, as part of the organization’s first-ever Education Week . The Teaching Awards were designed to celebrate members of Team LHSC who have been instrumental in driving LHSC’s...

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are some of the more commonly asked questions about the NICU at LHSC. Why is my baby in the NICU? Your baby may require any of the following: intensive nursing care monitoring, observation diagnostic tests special medications surgical procedures. How long will my baby need to stay in the NICU...

Differentiating Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Artery Waveforms

EDUBRIEFS in CCTC Question: I think that the tip of my pulmonary artery catheter is displaying a Right Ventricular waveform. What clues would help validate a right ventricular tracing? Obtain a tracing of the right atrial, right ventricle, pulmonary artery and pulmonary wedge pressure tracing during...

SPECT Scan

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scan is a type of nuclear imaging test that shows how radioactive tracers flow to tissues and organs. In epilepsy, this test is used to look at how the blood flows through the brain. The SPECT scan shows changes in blood flow during or in-between a...

Self Management

Chronic illness affects every aspect of a person's life – physical and emotional well being, ability to work, and relationships. Research clearly shows the more involved a person is in his or her own care, the better the results. "How I made it more manageable" YouTube video Self-Management means...