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"Shortly after I arrived in Canada, I started my own business. But I wanted something more secure than self-employment. Before I immigrated to Canada I hoped to someday get into the medical field. Accessing the health care system for one of my two daughters made me aware of the importance of health...

You can have your baby's picture taken during your stay at the hospital. Service League of London/Debut Pictures provide photography services. They also provide baby footprints and bracelets. Look for the flyers in the Birthing Centre or ask your nurse for more information.

Hand washing is the best way to protect your baby from getting infections. If your family and friends want to hold or touch your baby, ask them to wash their hands first. Ask them not to visit if they have a cold, diarrhea, any sign of infection or fever, a cold sore, or if they have had contact...

After the birth of your baby, you will receive a document, "Statement of Live Birth", which must be filled out and sent or taken to the City Clerk's Office within 30 days of your child's birth. You need to do this to make sure your child is registered and so that you can purchase your child's Birth...

Newborns sleep a lot. They will be sleeping between each feeding for the first couple of weeks. Around the 4th week your baby will begin to stay awake between feedings. Before your milk supply is established, breastfed babies will feed a lot and may only sleep 1-2 hours between feeds. This will last...

Dr. Prasad joined the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario (CHWO) in 2003 and is appointed to the University of Western Ontario (UWO) as an Associate Professor. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1982 from the Christian Medical College in India. In 1986 she earned her Doctor of...

Dr. Siu joined the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario (CHWO) in 1989. She is ranked Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario (UWO). She attended the University of Toronto and earned an Arts and Science degree in 1978 followed by her M.D. in 1982. She completed her first year of...

Please visit our new Adult Eating Disorders Service website .

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care Program (CAMHCP) provides clinical services which include: Outpatients Inpatients Day Treatment Eating Disorders Services are delivered by an interdisciplinary team consisting of child and adolescent psychiatrists, social workers, as well as a child family...

Many patients who end up needing Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) often present to community clinicians or specialists with common risk factors and disease processes. Once a patient is identified as “at risk” for LTV, the patient care be referred as an outpatient to the Chronic Ventilation Clinic...