When a child requires surgery, the strain on every member of the family can be tremendous. For Mr. And Ms. Castillo, that pressure was not only deeply emotional, but practical as well. Both their 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter were ...

Medical devices and hospital equipment were the focus of special audits in 1999. This was a result of Y2K concerns when date sensitive devices were identified and remediated. Devices hit the radar screen again in December 2003 when ...

Southlake Regional Health Centre is recognized nationally for the successful treatment of teens suffering from severe eating disorders. In 1997, the hospital was designated by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as the site of a Regional Eating Disorder ...

No one ever says that growing old is easy. However, it's a fact of life. Seniors are the fastest growing population in our community and with many complex medical and social issues; they are the main focus of ...

The Ontario Medication Safety Support Service (MSSS), a joint initiative of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is Canada's first province-wide medication safety support ...

North York General Hospital (NYGH) and Saint Elizabeth Health Care (SEHC) are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership to provide identified high risk mothers, their babies and families with a seamless continuum of care, services and support from hospital ...

A program that assesses childhood developmental disorders moves from Sick Kids to Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre. Bloorview MacMillan and the Hospital for Sick Children are pooling their expertise in treating children with developmental disabilities by transferring Sick Kids' Child Development Centre ...

Last Christmas, 13-year-old Kayle Coutie grabbed his palmtop, typed in a sentence and hit the voice button to share it with his grandparents: "Santa brings presents, Christmas tree, snow, two mittens," declared the handheld device.Kayle, who has autism, had never ...

Last Christmas, 13-year-old Kayle Coutie grabbed his palmtop, typed in a sentence and hit the voice button to share it with his grandparents: "Santa brings presents, Christmas tree, snow, two mittens," declared the handheld device.Kayle, who has autism, had never ...

Luke Williams is a great story-teller. But the 12-year-old Barrie student used to do anything to avoid putting pen to paper.That's because Luke was born with tremors in his hands that make writing exhausting and the words illegible. He got ...