New JGH lab launched to test potentially revolutionary cancer treatment
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment, using magnetism to guide medication-carrying bacteria into tumours, will be tested in a new JGH lab.
Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg receives D’Arcy-McGee–National Assembly Citizenship Medal
Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, the CIUSSS’s President and CEO, has received a D’Arcy-McGee–National Assembly Citizenship Medal for his contribution health care and social services.
Patients in pioneering JGH program are monitored remotely while completing recovery at home
Hospital@Home, a pace-setting JGH program, allows certain patients to complete their recovery at home and still be continuously monitored by a hospital care team.
Confused by the route to your JGH destination? Now there’s an app for that!
Confused trying to find your way in the hospital? You’re in luck! The JGH Users’ Committee has created an app get you to your destination.
All infants born at JGH now being tested for possible hearing loss
The JGH is among the first several healthcare centres in Quebec to routinely screen for possible hearing loss in all infants born in the hospital.
Virtual ward created in patients’ homes in pioneering COVID@HOME project
COVID@HOME, a new program, allows certain COVID-19 patients to be discharged from the JGH and return to home to a virtual ward.
Dr. Roderick McInnes promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada
Dr. Roderick McInnes, who recently stepped down as Director of the Lady Davis Institute, has been promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada.
After years of planning, daycare centre opens at the JGH
After years of anticipation, a new daycare centre has arrived on the grounds of the Jewish General Hospital.
Major construction to install new cancer-fighting linear accelerator in Radiation Oncology
Construction is under way to install a fourth linear accelerator in Radiation Oncology, making cancer treatment faster and more accurate.
JGH opens Wellness in Aging Centre to enhance care for the elderly
To meet the growing needs of the elderly, the JGH has launched the Susan & Aron Lieberman Family Wellness in Aging Geriatric Centre, with nearly triple the space of the previous facility.