More than 50 senior healthcare professionals met on February 17, 2020, to conduct a tabletop simulation to prepare for the arrival at the JGH of a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19. The exercise was co-chaired and co-organized by Dr. Marc Afilalo, Chief of Emergency Services (centre in white coat), and Dr. Paul Brisebois (centre left, in dark jacket), an Emergency physician. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversarySeptember 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Preparing the JGH for its first COVID-19 patients

At a crucial meeting in February 2020, dozens of senior JGH healthcare professionals finalized plans to admit the first COVID-19 patients.

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Sheila Kussner
August 2024News

In memoriam: Sheila Kussner

Sheila Kussner, the founder of Hope & Cope, has left an enduring mark on psychosocial support for cancer patients and survivors.

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Bricks
90th anniversaryJuly 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Building the JGH, brick by brick

In the 1929 fund-raising campaign to build the JGH, Montreal’s Jews showed their support by buying symbolic bricks.

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Mayor Gérald Tremblay (second from left) releases a butterfly, to the delight of (from left) JGH Executive Director Henri Elbaz, Sheila Kussner and Joey Adler.
85th Anniversary - ArchivesJuly 2019

From the archives: JGH Hope & Cope Wellness Centre soars on butterfly wings

Butterflies, Hope & Cope’s uplifting symbol, took to the air by the dozens on July 3, 2007, at the climax of inaugural ceremonies for the JGH Hope & Cope Wellness Centre.

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At a 2006 press conference to inaugurate the Segal Cancer Centre, among those who signed a declaration to support the battle against cancer were (from left) Philippe Couillard, Minister of Health and Social Services; Leanor Segal; philanthropist Alvin Segal; Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal; and Henri Elbaz, JGH Executive Director.
85th Anniversary - ArchivesFebruary 2019

From the archives: Segal Cancer Centre is launched to deliver comprehensive cancer care

In 2006, Health and Social Services Minister Philippe Couillard visited the newly completed Segal Cancer Centre to express his admiration for the JGH’s leadership in providing patients with a fully integrated system of cancer treatment and care.

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