Dr. Samy Suissa
Fall 2014Research at the Lady Davis Institute

Weekend deaths more likely for certain hospitalized patients

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pneumonia are more likely to die during a weekend stay in hospital, concludes a study conducted by Dr. Samy Suissa, Director of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology in the Lady Davis Institute at the JGH.

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