In the JGH Division of Geriatrics, Dr. Gustavo Duque accompanies Ekaterini Koutsouris while monitoring her gait, as part of his assessment of her overall physical condition. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
August 2025Feature articles

JGH implements innovative, WHO-endorsed exercise program to bolster seniors’ mobility and autonomy

The JGH is the first hospital in Quebec to embrace the Vivifrail regimen to help seniors prevent falls and fractures.

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Every morning, members of staff gather—in person and remotely—in C4 (the Command Centre) to prepare for the day ahead by reviewing the latest data about users of health care and social services across CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. Joining them are Dr. Shannon Fraser (second from left), C4’s Medical Director, and André Poitras (standing at right), Clinical Administrative Coordinator of C4. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryAugust 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Panoramic view of health care unfolds in Command Centre

C4 (the Command Centre) was launched at the JGH in 2020 to generate real-time data about care throughout CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.

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Illustration from the home page of the new website of the Centre of Excellence in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Care.
February 2021Health tips

Need info on deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms? A new JGH website can help

Looking for information about blood clots, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms? A new JGH website has the information you need.

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Building Technician David Gadoua and Chloé Décarie-Drolet, Head Nurse in the Post-Partum Unit, sit in the JGH’s refurbished lounge. The new breastfeeding room is at right.
Feature articlesOctober 2020

JGH lounge gets makeover with colourful seating and new breastfeeding room

A new lounge near the hospital’s main entrance now includes the JGH’s first designated room for breastfeeding mothers.

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Moments before an operation gets under way in 2010, nurse Anna Pevreal asks Dr. Leonard Rosen (second from right) and members of the surgical team the questions on the JGH Surgical Safety Checklist. Their responses determine that the patient’s medical needs have been met and the operation can proceed safely.
85th Anniversary - ArchivesSeptember 2019

From the archives: How a few simple questions have made surgery safer

In 2009, the value of a surgical checklist was confirmed in research by the World Health Organization. In response, the JGH joined the growing ranks of leading hospitals around the world in 2010 by making systematic safety checks mandatory in all types of surgery.

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