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LHSC’s Pre-Admission Clinic currently offers telephone, virtual and in-person appointment types. Please note, you will only be offered an appointment type that is able to meet the consultation needs of your specific surgery Why do you need a Pre-Admission appointment? To help you get ready for your...

Ordering: Please carefully read the recommended specimen and shipping instructions before ordering a test. Incomplete and/or illegible requisitions and/or specimen labeling will result in testing being suspended until the complete information can be obtained. Specimen Requirements: Whole blood...

A time for healing It is helpful to view the first year after active cancer treatment has finished as, “Healing and Recovery”. Mind, body, and spirit all take time to recover and heal. There have been many changes that have taken place in your life and body. If you are discharged into surveillance...

Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices Biomedical waste disposal policies...

Accommodations in London The accommodation list is not an all-inclusive list for the City of London. Some hotels/motels may offer a preferred rate to patients/families upon request (ask for hospital rate). This list is being provided as a community service and London Health Sciences Centre accepts...

PROCEDURE FOR VENOUS BLOOD GAS SAMPLING Ensure that patient and health care provider safety standards are met during this procedure including: Risk assessment and appropriate PPE 4 Moments of Hand Hygiene Procedural Safety Pause is performed Two patient identification Safe patient handling practices...

What Motor Function is Consistent with C6? The nerve root of C6 runs between vertebrae C5 and C6. Motor function includes: strong bicep muscles (strong elbow flexion) weak wrist extension tenodesis (ability to passively flex fingers with wrist extension) shoulder rotation, adduction and abduction...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 26, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – As I sit all alone in a hospital room, wondering if my life has been doomed…robbed by this illness that has shattered my head, saying to myself ‘I’d be better off dead’. When Lazzelle Gelias was admitted to the Epilepsy Program at...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 6, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – Thanks to Home First – a collaborative program of the South West Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), together with the South West Local Health Integration Network (South West LHIN)...

February 7, 2023 (LONDON, Ontario) - When 66-year-old Jeff Pitman from London, Ontario, experienced an aortic dissection and aneurysm compromising blood flow to his legs and kidneys, a team of vascular surgeons at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) were the first in North America to use the...