“The stethoscope has been the tried and true technology for all physicians, but over the past five years or so I have come to think of the portable ultrasound machine as the 21st century stethoscope for ER physicians,” Dr. Hall ...

Getting patients admitted from the emergency department (ED) to a bed on the units as quickly as possible is a top priority at The Scarborough Hospital, and it shows in the numbers. In fact, it will take less time to ...

Few hospitals are fortunate enough to open a brand new, state-of-the-art facility.  To be able to, essentially, transform your organization twice within 15 years is unbelievable.  Thanks to persistence, vision, outstanding community support and a clear need driven by explosive ...

Fifty-five - that is the number of patients Ornge transported on July 23rd. Six hundred and seventy-six is the longest trip flown in statute miles on that same day and 20,765 is the total number of miles flown that day. ...

One would be hard pressed to find a person who has not been touched or affected in some way by cancer. We all know someone who has battled it in some form. Most of us have probably lost a loved ...

A one-of-a-kind rehabilitation experience in British Columbia, featuring a grocery store, gas station, ATM and parked car, has been given new life by donors.  On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Tapestry Foundation for Health Care unveiled the newly updated Easy Street ...

Surgeons at Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) performed hip replacement surgery there for the first time last month, thanks to an expansion of the hospital’s orthopaedic surgery program. This week’s recipients of new hips are patients of orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Joseph O’Neil, ...

In the most extensive full face transplant to date, the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery team at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland gave a new face to a 37-year-old man who had lost much ...

I would like to introduce you to Camryn Hunter. I have never met her, but she has changed my life. It is my hope that after reading this, she will have changed yours as well. While I have never physically ...

It’s that time of year again. Time to honour the hardwork and dedication of Canadian nurses. Hospital News is currently soliciting nominations for our 7th annual National Nursing Week competition. Patients, colleagues, managers – anyone who has been affected or touched ...