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MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 23, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – Neil Johnson, an accomplished LHSC health care leader, has been named the new Vice President, Cancer Care for London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), and Regional Vice President, South West Regional Cancer Program for Cancer Care...

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 ADVISORY For Immediate Release March 26, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – The need for blood products in the city of London is ongoing, and patients undergoing treatment for illnesses and injuries such as cancer, surgery, and trauma depend on a stable supply of blood year-round. Nearly every single...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 27, 2012 Each hospital has set a corporate blood donation target (LONDON, Ontario) – London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) are pleased to announce they have both joined the Canadian Blood Services’ “Partners...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 30, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – What is the main cause of liver disease? You may think the correct answer is alcohol, but this is not the case. The liver is the largest internal and most metabolically complex organ in humans. This organ performs over 500...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 2, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – “Because…Critical Care is a Need not a Place” is the model behind London Health Science Centre’s (LHSC) Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOT), who recently celebrated their fifth anniversary. Last year, these teams at University...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 4, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – Ten years ago when she was 27 years old, Kim Barrey was told she was in kidney failure and immediately began routine dialysis treatment through London Health Sciences Centre’s Regional Renal Program. In addition to the life...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 5, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – There is good news for dialysis patients traveling to London. Woodstock Hospital expanded dialysis care by three stations earlier this year, enabling six additional patients to receive local care. “We designed our new dialysis...

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 12, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) - Performing an ultrasound at a patient’s bedside is now faster and easier thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment and an innovative training program in London Health Sciences Centre’s emergency departments. Ultrasound at the...

MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release April 13, 2012 Today the London Police Service advised LHSC that Dr. Harvey Christopher Hyson is facing criminal charges. We are taking the necessary steps to ensure that he is not practicing at LHSC pending further information. We are cooperating with the...