New guidebook examines key projects like how better surgical procedure cards can help staff stay on schedule with less stress and more efficiency This is the first installment of a three-part series examining various aspects of OR supply chain improvement ...

With the assistance of Canada’s Great One (Wayne Gretzky), the leading-edge da Vinci Surgical System (known as “the robot”) was unveiled at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) Wednesday, October 19.  Wayne took his turn at the controls to see how ...

A new initiative that is helping to raise awareness about breast reconstruction after a lumpectomy or mastectomy was recently celebrated at both Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) hospital campuses. National Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day, which was celebrated for the first ...

After giving birth to her first child in 2003, Lisa Thuss Tandy immediately suffered a severe postpartum brain aneurysm that necessitated two subsequent surgeries and months of rehabilitation. Seven years later with her brain aneurysm fully repaired, Lisa and her ...

With members of the media, staff, and donors in attendance, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) officially unveiled its brand new, state-of-the-art Surgical Centre at a grand opening ceremony held in September. Located on the north-east corner of James Street and ...

St. Michael’s Hospital is the first in North America to have used a novel device that cleaned the blood of a kidney patient and allowed him to receive a transplant from a donor with a different blood type. Andre Cossette, a ...

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is proud to announce a world first. LHSC’s cardiac surgery team successfully performed an emergency surgery to repair a hole in a patient’s heart caused by a pacemaker complication using the DaVinci robot. On February 15, ...

On March 30, 2011, the electrophysiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used cryoablation (ablation using cold) to treat a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, and one associated with significant morbidity. The ...

He’s been helping people for as long as I can remember. And longer. He saved the life of my childhood friend when she couldn’t breathe as a newborn.  He safely removed the tonsils and adenoids from thousands of people across South Central ...

Newmarket, Ontario-based Southlake Regional Health Centre is the first centre in North America to use a revolutionary technology that makes it easier to connect with human tissue when guiding catheters into the heart to treat problem areas, reducing patient risk ...