Two months after undergoing surgery at the JGH to have her right hip replaced, Anne Murphy enjoyed a mid-August stroll near her home in La Conception, Quebec. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
Feature articlesSeptember 2023

Total hip and knee replacement performed on outpatient basis for certain patients

For patients who qualify, getting a hip or knee replaced at the JGH no longer requires an overnight hospital stay.

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Medical student Hamnah Majeed shows Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, the newly installed vending machine that makes nutritious snacks easily available to JGH surgeons and other members of staff during late-night shifts.
August 2023Feature articles

Thanks to a medical student, vending machine of nutritious snacks installed at JGH

Unable to buy a nutritious late-night snack, medical student Hamnah Majeed found an unusual solution: installation of a new vending machine at the JGH.

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Bessy Bitzas, Ph.D., outgoing Chair of the Research Ethics Board.
Feature articlesJune 2023

After a pioneering decade, Bessy Bitzas reflects on leadership of the Research Ethics Board

Before stepping down as Chair of the Research Board, Bessy Bitzas reflected on her role in keeping research safe and (scientifically) sound.

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In the JGH Orthopedics Department, volunteer Rebecca Leroux (centre) works with Medical Secretary Jeremy Goldberg and Team Leader Rona Lis.
Feature articlesMay 2023

JGH volunteer proud to be one of the hospital’s “angels”

As a JGH volunteer, Rebecca Leroux loves helping patients and staff—and she has an angel-shaped pin on her jacket to symbolize their appreciation.

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Artwork by Shelly Alkoby (seated, right) has been donated to the JGH’s Peter Brojde Lung Cancer Centre, where it is going on display. Joining the artist are her mother, Keren Elkoubi (seated), and (standing, from left) Dr. Jason Agulnik, Co Director of the Centre; Nurse Lindsay Hammond, a member of the team that has provided care to Ms. Elkoubi; and Dr. Carmela Pepe, Ms. Elkoubi’s respirologist. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
December 2022Feature articles

Teen artist hopes her painting will hearten JGH lung cancer patients

Artwork by a teenage artist, inspired by her mother’s battle with lung cancer, is going on display at the JGH.

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Wearing the distinctive turquoise jacket of volunteers, Helen Fleischauer and Stavros Simonian are joined at the main entrance of the JGH by Marko Obradovic, the CIUSSS’s Chief of Volunteer Services, and Nancy El Mallah, Coordinator of Volunteer Services for the JGH.
Feature articlesNovember 2022

As pandemic eases, volunteers eagerly return to JGH and other CIUSSS sites

Now that many COVID-19 restrictions have been eased, a steady stream of volunteers (newcomers and veterans alike) is coming forward again.

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Lucie Tremblay (left) and Céline Gélinas at the Jewish General Hospital.
Feature articlesOctober 2022

Lucie Tremblay and Céline Gélinas named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing

Lucie Tremblay and Céline Gélinas have received a top honour in nursing, with their induction as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing.

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Dr. Christina Greenaway
Feature articlesJuly 2022

Services for Ukrainian refugees need urgent upgrade, doctors state in journal article

Health services for Ukrainians and other refugees urgently need an upgrade, says Dr. Christina Greenaway, a JGH expert on migrant health.

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Sam Minevich (left) and Henri Oppenheim, the JGH’s Music Therapists, practice in the picnic area near the Pavilion A entrance, where the JGH Jazz Festival will be held from June 27 to 30.
Feature articlesJune 2022

JGH Jazz Festival returns after two-year absence

After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the JGH Jazz Festival returns on June 27 for a week of free concerts.

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Dr. Charles Gomberg near the main entrance of the JGH, where the 96-year-old veteran internist spent a career that spanned seven decades. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
Feature articlesMay 2022

Veteran physician looks back on his 70-year professional association with the JGH

Dr. Charles Gomberg’s personal connection with the hospital has lasted nine decades n 1931, when Lord Bessborough, the Governor-General of Canada, turned the first sod to start construction of the Jewish General Hospital, 6-year-old Charles Gomberg was there with his parents to see it. Three years later, Charles returned to …

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