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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 articles November 2022

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

Henry Mietkiewicz — November 21, 2022

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

Members of the Digital Health team gather online for a video conference. Top, from left: Michael Shulha, Dr. Justin Cross and Sabine Cohen. Bottom, from left: Danina Kapetanovic, Anna D’Ambra and William Laurin (of the Telehealth Support Centre).

June 2020 Telehealth

How COVID-19 yanked telehealth out of the future and into our daily lives

Henry Mietkiewicz — June 19, 2020

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At first, telehealth seemed like a distant dream. But when COVID-19 hit, the CIUSSS and the JGH made telehealth a part of daily life.

In the JGH Emergency Department, Lucie Tremblay (right), Director of Nursing, chats informally with Nurse Clinician Valerie Lok, who presents her own unique perspective on the department’s day-to-day successes and difficulties.

CIUSSS West-Central Montreal February 2020

To improve care, senior managers get up-close and personal with patients and staff

Henry Mietkiewicz — February 6, 2020

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By getting away from their desks and regularly touring their facilities, senior managers in our CIUSSS get up-close and personal with healthcare users and staff. This helps them better understand what’s working well and what needs improvement.

Jacki Raboy Thaw stands beside the type of therapeutic bed that was transported from the JGH to Mount Sinai Hospital to fulfill the Magic Moment of a Palliative Care patient.

Feature articles July 2017

Teams at JGH and Mount Sinai go all-out for palliative patient

Fabrice Baro — July 12, 2017

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Quick thinking and tight teamwork by dedicated staff were crucial in granting a wish for a dying patient: To spend her final weeks in comfort in a bed that best suited her needs.

Christopher Lee, who lives in a supervised apartment that is part of the residential services at the Miriram Home and Services, meets with his educator, Leanne Fiddler, to benefits from the work integration program. The Miriam Home is in the new CIUSSS that includes the JGH.

Feature articles Spring 2015

10 things you need to know about Bill 10

Henry Mietkiewicz — April 14, 2015

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Here are 10 key things you need to know about Bill 10.

Lyse Hubert, a respiratory patient, is assisted by nurse Della Rous at the Mount Sinai Hospital, located in the new west-central healthcare network to which the JGH now belongs.