by Ingrid Peritz | Sep 22, 2026 | Spotlight
The Jewish General Hospital University Health Centre has been recognized on Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027 list in four specialties: neurology, oncology, orthopedics and cardiology. The distinction highlights the expertise, dedication...
by Ingrid Peritz | Sep 15, 2026 | CIUSSS News
Constance Lethbridge helps clients renew their love of cycling Yves Côté vividly remembers his first bicycle: A black-and-white banana bike with a long seat and high-rise handlebars that he spun around his neighbourhood as an 11-year-old boy. It ignited a lifelong...
by Ingrid Peritz | Sep 8, 2026 | CIUSSS News
It’s the start of a new era: A majority of nurses at the Jewish General Hospital University Health Centre are now recording patients’ vital signs in the Connected Health Record (CHR), a step that improves patient safety and leaves more time for bedside care. For many...
by Ingrid Peritz | Aug 24, 2026 | Spotlight
Congratulations to Luc Hébert on his appointment as HR Associate Director of Talent, Transformation and Performance. With more than 15 years of leadership experience in the health and social services sector, Mr. Hébert has developed extensive expertise in...
by Ingrid Peritz | Aug 17, 2026 | Spotlight
Kudos to three teams from the Directorate of Learning Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization (DPAAS)! They pooled their expertise to contribute to Quebec’s latest action plan for caregivers, and are tasked with implementing several of the plan’s key measures....
by Ingrid Peritz | Aug 11, 2026 | CIUSSS News
Local harvests deliver healthy food for patient meals at the JGH Twice a week, vegetable grower Robin Fortin delivers a bounty of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other produce from his farm in central Quebec to the Jewish General University Health Centre. The...
by Ingrid Peritz | Aug 10, 2026 | Spotlight
What does it take for a person living with a disability to get back behind the wheel? Prendre le volant, an AMI-Télé documentary, follows three individuals at different stages of their adapted-driving journeys and offers a moving look at the challenges, determination...
by Richard Dagenais | Aug 4, 2026 | CIUSSS News
This summer, 28 students considering careers in health care and social services gave four weeks of their time to residents at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre and Donald Berman Jewish Eldercare. They learned about older adults—and...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jul 21, 2026 | CIUSSS News
Afia Akter can barely recall a time in her life without pain. Aches woke her at night and accompanied her by day, preventing her from working, carrying groceries, or simply enjoying everyday pleasures. Yet one day recently, the 57-year-old was at the CLSC de...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jul 9, 2026 | Spotlight
At the Santé Québec West-Central Montreal Health and Social Services University Network, our staff members speak dozens of languages, come from all corners of the world and unite around one common passion: caring for people. With the World Cup underway, employees are...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jul 6, 2026 | Spotlight
Congratulations to Toula Trihas, who has been appointed the Associate Director of Logistics, Flow and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services in the Logistics, Procurement and Clinical Support Services Directorate. With over 35 years at the Jewish General...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jun 30, 2026 | Spotlight
The Vascular Access Team is making a difference for both patients and care teams! Nurses from the Vascular Access team (from left): Anne-Claude Vien-Bachand, Farah Majid and Marie-Danielle Graville. Since its launch two years ago, the team has performed over 1,300...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jun 29, 2026 | CIUSSS News
The kitchen air is filled with garlic, ginger and the hum of good company. Around the room, stroke survivors and other patients chat as they peel potatoes, chop vegetables and fry osso buco in hot oil. This isn’t just a shared cooking space—it’s a place for recovery,...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jun 16, 2026 | Spotlight
Each year, in the weeks leading up to International Kangaroo Care Day on May 15, nursing teams from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the JGH take part in the Kangaroo-A-Thon, a friendly competition organized by the Canadian Premature Babies Foundation that...
by Melina Giubilaro | Jun 16, 2026 | CIUSSS News
Several times each week, Occupational Therapist Aurélie Hawes leaves Richardson Hospital and heads out to long-term care centres across the Santé Québec West-Central Montreal Health and Social Services University Network. Her unique mission: to help stroke survivors...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jun 15, 2026 | Spotlight
Congratulations to the teams from Santé Québec West-Central Montreal who were honoured for their pioneering, people-centred projects at the 2026 SRS ceremony on May 28. From left, Audiologists Mercy Lii, Paraskevi (Voula) Tsagaroulis, Chantal Tran and Aparna...
by Ingrid Peritz | Jun 12, 2026 | Spotlight
Volunteers support and strengthen our teams to deliver unparalleled care to patients, residents and clients. On June 4, Volunteer Services Department hosted its annual recognition event to honour those who generously share their time in countless ways and through...
by Ingrid Peritz | May 28, 2026 | Spotlight
Hockey fever swept across our CIUSSS during the Montreal Canadiens’ exciting playoff run! Shoutout to the team members at Miriam Home and Services who proudly donned the bleu-blanc-rouge for a fun team-building moment. From specialized educators to social workers,...
by Ingrid Peritz | May 26, 2026 | Spotlight
There’s good news flowing through Mount Sinai Hospital! The Côte Saint-Luc facility is completing major renovations of its showers—an upgrade that delivers benefits to both patients and staff. Thanks to support from the Mount Sinai Foundation, the shower rooms on all...
by Ingrid Peritz | May 25, 2026 | CIUSSS News
New VR lending library immerses staff in realistic scenarios to boost learning At the JGH recently, four nurses were thrust into a pulse-racing emergency in an operating room: A patient in cardiac arrest needed urgent resuscitation. “Attach the paddles!” the doctor...
