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MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Feburary 6 , 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) –London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) cardiac surgery program is the first in Canada to use a new suture fastening system during open heart surgery. During a heart valve operation, a ring or band is placed around the opening...

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release Febraury 6, 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) – London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) Cardiac Fitness Institute is opening its doors to celebrate National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Feb. 8-14. LHSC’s Cardiac Fitness Institute is a medically supervised program providing...

STATEMENT For Immediate Release February 10, 2015 As a designated treatment hospital, at approximately 9:45pm this evening, two patients currently under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease were referred to LHSC. The patients were not admitted through the Emergency Department and were placed...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Feburary 25, 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) –When patients enter an intensive care unit (ICU) their condition often limits their ability to communicate with caregivers and loved ones. Since November, a pilot program launched by Speech-Language Pathology at London Health...

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release February 27, 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) – Scissors will be flying at London Health Sciences Centre on Monday as sixteen staff and supporters of the London Regional Cancer Program say goodbye to their long locks in support of cancer patients. Fifteen staff will donate...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 2, 2015 London Health Sciences Centre staff shed locks to help cancer patients LONDON, Ontario – The London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) has a new look today after a cut-a-thon in support of cancer patients throughout the region. Sixteen staff of the...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 31, 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) – Today, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) announced its budget plans for fiscal 2015/2016. For the fourth consecutive year, funding levels for LHSC will not be sufficient to offset net inflationary pressures meaning that $26...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 9 , 2015 (LONDON, Ontario) – The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) Children’s Hospital is holding its first ever Kangaroo-A-Thon to increase awareness of the importance of skin-to-skin holding, or kangaroo care...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 20 , 2015 LONDON, Ontario – April 19-25 is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is celebrating it alongside two important milestone achievements: The Multi-Organ Transplant Program at LHSC has recently...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release May 5 , 2015 May 4-10 is Safe Kids Week (LONDON, Ontario) –After a long winter, young cyclists are once again bringing life to parks, trails, sidewalks and city roads. In the Emergency Department at London Health Sciences Centre’s Children’s Hospital, this time of...