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National Volunteer Week: An everyday commitment

April 27, 2022 LHSC staff and physicians witness the compassion, commitment, dedication, and effort of hospital volunteers with admiration daily. Mike Moussa has been an employee of LHSC for 13 years. Three years ago, he joined the Portering team at Victoria Hospital, where he has had the privilege...

Meet the Stroke Team

June 21, 2022 June is Stroke Awareness Month! One of the unique aspects of stroke care is the wide variety of staff and services involved in a patient’s stroke journey. Care provided by the multidisciplinary team helps to improve patient outcomes, facilitates early discharge and increases the...

Head & Neck Above Cancer is back August 21

2021-2022 Annual Report

London Health Sciences Centre improves the renal transplant patient experience with enhanced communication

February 17, 2023 The transplant process is complex. It starts with discussions with the patient’s health-care team and a suite of tests, such as blood work and medical imaging, before the patient is finally placed on the transplant list. Until a year ago, the details of the journey were a bit...

Saving Waylon

February 16, 2023 They say it takes a village to raise a child, and in the case of Waylon Saunders, it also took a village to save one. On January 24, Waylon fell through the ice covering the pool at his babysitter’s house. It is estimated he was underwater for approximately five minutes...

Falls Prevention

In 2018, falls were the leading cause of hospitalizations and deaths amongst Canadians. The financial burden associated with them totaled 10.3 billion dollars and accounted for 35 percent of the total costs of injury. Falls affect individuals at every stage of life. They resulted in the highest...

Community Involvement

Since its inception the Trauma Program has been a strong voice in the community promoting the importance of partnerships for injury prevention. Members of the trauma program play an active role in both provincial and local injury prevention initiatives. Listed below are some of the programs and...

LRCP’s PFAC helps enhance cancer patient care

February 22, 2023 The Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) at the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is committed to improving the patient care experience by helping staff better understand the needs of cancer patients and family members. The PFAC is...

LHSC, partner organizations collaborate on the vision for future system of care

February 22, 2023 Over the past several months, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has brought together representatives from across the health care continuum to discuss early concepts for LHSC’s future health-care facilities. Three ‘design charette sessions’ have been held that have focused on the...