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Posted: May 7, 2012
Ode to Robert Ogilvie: Thank you for 41 years of
extraordinary care
He’s a surgeon with a song. And he hasn’t missed a beat in over 41 years; always singing, smiling and whistling while delivering [...] FULL STORY →
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AMPS: Enhancing occupational therapy at Hamilton
Health Sciences
What are the key indicators of a person’s ability to live and care for themselves independently? Is it their capacity to dress themselves in the morning? To prepare their own meals? To move about with ease? Assessment can be a tricky business, ...
Winning Rouge Valley proposal to help prioritize
patients’ surgical procedures
An innovative computer program to prioritize surgical procedures at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) has earned the hospital a $10,000 grant from Cancer Care Ontario (CCO). The winning proposal was submitted as part of CCO’s ‘The Operating Room’ competition, which was ...
Mobile app poised to reshape the Canadian
health-care industry
At Women’s College Hospital (WCH) developing new and innovative ways to diagnose, treat and care for patients is always at the forefront. The newest example is being led by Dr. John Semple, chief of surgery, who is running a pilot ...
Low cost prosthetic knee could help amputees in
developing world
Dr. Jan Andrysek, Scientist at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, has been named rising star in global health by Grand Challenges Canada and received a $100,000 grant to continue his work on the LC Knee joint, a low cost prosthetic ...
Ask the Ethicist: Declaring death prematurely?
Responding to concerns about organ donation
In December, 2005, the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation (CCDT) published a report entitled, “Public Awareness and Attitudes on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Including Donation After Cardiac Death.” The report included the results of a survey of ...
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