Special thanks from grateful teens
to Teenage Health Unit
With cards, cake and warm words of thanks, students from Marymount Academy expressed their appreciation to staff of the Goldman Herzl Family Practice Centre at the JGH and the Vicki and Stan Zack and Family Teenage Health Unit.
Destigmatize mental health, Olympian urges
With her charismatic smile and passionate demeanour, former Canadian Olympian Clara Hughes praised the JGH for the openness of staff and administrators in confronting the stigma around mental health.
JGH joins global effort
to standardize medical care
The JGH has become part of a world-wide push to transform medical care by measuring and reporting patient outcomes in a standardized way.
Be patient when the elderly tell stories, geriatrician recommends
According to Dr. Michael Gordon, Medical Program Director of Palliative Care at Toronto’s Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, story-telling strengthens memories and associations.
Walking into the future
in honour of loved ones
When Yee Fun Wong describes her experience at the 2014 Pharmaprix Weekend to End Women’s Cancers as having been “really raw”, she’s referring to much more than the physical exertion of covering the lengthy route through the streets of Montreal.
Riding into the future
with memories of the past
The memory of his wife’s brave struggle against cancer has only strengthened Alister Moore’s resolve to participate this July in the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer.
JGH’s 80th anniversary
recognized in National Assembly
Commemoration of the JGH’s 80th anniversary concluded on a high note in the National Assembly on November 5, 2014, as Pierre Arcand, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the Member for Mount Royal, read a declaration congratulating the hospital on its decades of achievement.
Determined walkers rally for Weekend’s 10th edition
Ten amazing years after its Montreal debut, the Pharmaprix Weekend to End Women’s Cancers reached its landmark anniversary on Aug. 23 and 24 amid cheers, tears, embraces and legions of aching feet.
Crossing Quebec with blood, sweat and gears
The big wheels kept on turning in the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer on July 5 and 6, as 1,468 cyclists and over 350 crew members came together from across the province to raise $5.3 million to fund cancer research, treatment and prevention.
Decades of success confirm the superiority of dental implants
Nearly half a century since they were first used, dental implants remain the most reliable and longest-lasting way to replace an extracted or diseased tooth, Dr. Allan Lisbona told the audience at the 12th annual JGH Mini-Med School.