When a toothbrush can make a patient cry with joy
Care kits boost morale and combat deconditioning among hospitalized patients Sometimes, good things come in small packages. Just ask Janice Kernohan, an orderly in…
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Men in management get hairy for women’s health
With support from JGH doctors, The Moustaches grow facial hair to raise funds for ovarian cancer Every year during the month of November, men…
It’s a daycare! Introducing Les frimousses du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest
The news is as exciting as a birth announcement: After years of anticipation, a new daycare centre has arrived on the grounds of the…
How a Jewish General nurse inspired a Montreal mystery writer
Maggie Quinsey is real-life model for “nurse turned sleuth” in A Stab at Life As an Emergency Department nurse for 20 years, Maggie Quinsey…
Speaking the language of better care
Nurse Clinician Tiffany Qiu entered a patient’s cubicle recently and found him anxious. He was receiving medication through an intravenous pump and was nervous…
A 30-year career devoted to bettering the lives of seniors
Barbra Gold retires after overseeing transformations in long-term care Whenever Barbra Gold headed down a hallway at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre, people would…
Going the extra distance for others
Caring Beyond awards honour staff for exceptional compassion and care Shakti Brata Haldar was working a busy shift as an orderly in the JGH…
Meet the ethicist
Navigating the ethical challenges of COVID-19 The caller on the line was distraught. His wife was undergoing cancer treatment at the Jewish General Hospital…
Deputy Health Minister praises staffing innovations as “model” for Quebec
Kudos for our teams’ handling of Agir Tôt, mental health and digital health files Our CIUSSS’s innovations to recruit and retain staff in the…
Dancer gains the freedom to walk, helped by technology and our CIUSSS
Luca Patuelli’s lifelong dream has always been to walk. And on July 15, he took steps toward that dream on “new legs.” After entering…
New Command Centre helps free up beds for patients needing immediate care
Suddenly, there it was: an empty bed—one of the most precious commodities in patient care. It’s not something that Nathalie Farley had expected to…
How Mount Sinai Hospital gives help, and hope, to COVID-19 “long-haulers”
Rehabilitation program manages severe coronavirus cases from across greater Montreal COVID-19 entered Luis Rosales’s life on a winter’s day in February, and he still…
Showers in bed bring comfort to residents in long-term care
Dementia patients, Holocaust survivors among those to benefit from mobile shower units The elderly woman lay still on her pillow, warm water flowing through…
As the pandemic recedes, remote work is here to stay
Are you a new teleworker? Did you work from home during the COVID-19 crisis? Even though pandemic restrictions are easing, working remotely will remain…
Trailblazer pays a flowering tribute to healthcare staff
First horticulturalist on staff is also first woman to join JGH Maintenance team Hudson-Simone Lacharité is a ground-breaker in many ways. For starters, she…
Our CIUSSS is investing in energy efficiency for a greener future
Patients’ comfort, energy savings among the benefits of upgrades It may not be visible, but nine buildings in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal have undergone major…
Teen spirit: Adolescents roll up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine
The presence of knapsacks, earphones and plenty of jostling teenagers at the Bill-Durnan Arena in June was a sign that youth vaccinations were under…
Purchase of new property allows CIUSSS to expand rehabilitation services
For the first time since CIUSSS West-Central Montreal came into existence in 2015, our network has purchased a new property. Located next to Catherine…
Taming the virus: How our infection-control team helped keep COVID-19 at bay
Adila Zahir remembers the night of March 4, 2020, like it was yesterday: At 11:15 p.m., the Jewish General Hospital admitted its first COVID-19…
Tea, talk—and hope—return to long-term care
There was cause for celebration at Saint Andrew’s Residential Centre in May. After more than a year of turmoil and isolation due to COVID-19,…