Krystyna Ludwik holds a plate of potato donuts that her grandchildren, Edward and Zofia Labelle, helped her cook. Ms. Ludwik is the first JGH patient to qualify for the Hospital@Home program, while receiving infusions of total parenteral nutrition at home. As a participant in the program, she benefits from the full support of a hospital care team.
Feature articlesJune 2026

Palliative care patient who receives all of her nourishment intravenously joins Hospital@Home program

Henry Mietkiewicz — June 2, 2026
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For the first time in Quebec, Hospital@Home at the JGH is looking after a palliative care patient who takes intravenous infusions known as total parenteral nutrition (TPN).

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At the JGH’s first robotic colorectal surgery on January 18, Dr. Allison Pang (at left, near the rear wall) sits at a console, looks through a viewfinder and guides the movements of the four robotic arms (at centre, over the operating table). Displayed on several screens are images of the interior of the patient’s body, relayed by a fibre-optic camera at the tip of one of the robotic arms. Observing the surgery is Dr. Susie Lau (right), an expert in robotic surgery for gynecologic oncology.
February 2024Spotlight feature

Robotic colorectal surgery launched at the JGH

Henry Mietkiewicz — February 28, 2024
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Colorectal surgeons are using a robot to perform certain minimally invasive procedures with greater ease, accuracy and speed.

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Dr. Walter Gotlieb
March 2019Milestones

Appointment of two new medical chiefs

Henry Mietkiewicz — March 19, 2019
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Dr. Walter Gotlieb has been appointed Chief of the JGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. Christine Florakas has been named Chief of the hospital’s Department of Family Medicine.

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Michael Flinker (left) and Jean-Luc Trahan, prostate cancer survivors, with the type of console used in the robotic surgery that they believe saved their lives.
June 2018News

Robotics eliminating surgical risks for the elderly and obese

Fabrice Baro — June 17, 2018
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Robot-assisted surgery has become so effective that, figuratively speaking, it transforms elderly and obese patients into younger, slimmer individuals with lower surgical risks, a national conference at the JGH has been told.

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A pelvic cancer patient undergoes single-site incision surgery, with the instruments of a surgical robot inserted through a special device and into a one-inch incision in the navel.
March 2018Spotlight feature

JGH leads Canada in performing advanced robotic surgery for gynecologic cancer

Fabrice Baro — February 25, 2018
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The JGH has become the first hospital in Canada to perform an advanced type of robotic surgery for gynecologic cancer, in which all of the medical instruments are inserted into the abdomen via a single, tiny incision in the navel.

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