CIUSSS News – Page 3

Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, joins Maison Bleue co-founders Dr. Vania Jimenez (second from left) and Amélie Sigouin at the award ceremony for the Hippocrates Grand Prize in November, 2021. Pfizer Canada President Cole Pinnow, president of honour of the event, is at right.

Delivering a brighter future for vulnerable mothers and babies

La Maison Bleue, working with our CIUSSS, awarded for ground-breaking work Dr. Vania Jimenez and the team at La Maison Bleue have been showered…

A season for celebration in long-term care

Staff at long-term care centres in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal made an extra-special effort to bring cheer and a festive spirit to residents this holiday…

Members of our CIUSSS receive an Innovation award on December 15 from Jessica Rassy (front row, second from left) of the Ordre régional des infirmières et infirmiers de Montréal/Laval. Front row, from left: Diana Dima, Chief of Specialized Nurse Practitioners; Sarah Wan, Nursing Consultant, Cardiovascular Care; and John Marsala, Nurse Manager, Azrieli Heart Centre, CVU-CVICU K2. Back row, from left: Patrick Grenier, Clinical Activities Specialist, CVU/CVICU K2; Lucie Tremblay, Director of Nursing; and André Poitras, Clinical-Administrative Coordinator in Emergency, Medical and Surgical Intensive Care and Cardiovascular Care.

CIUSSS team honoured for program that gets heart patients moving

Program promoting early patient mobilization recognized by Quebec Order of Nurses A team from CIUSSS West-Central Montreal has won a prize from the Quebec…

Orderly Janice Kernohan hands a care kit filled with personal hygiene items to a patient in the Emergency Department.

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…

Some of the members of The Moustaches fundraising team. Top, from left: Georges Bendavid, Director of Technical Services; Mark Demaine, Coordinator of Specialized Services in the Adult Mental Health Continuum; Elliott Silverman, Director of Logistics and Internet of Things; and Serge Cloutier, Associate Director of Nursing. Bottom, from left: Neil Michaels, Coordinator of Emergency Measures, Civil Security and Global Security; Dan Gabay, CIUSSS Assistant Executive Director; André Poitras, Clinical-Administrative Coordinator in Emergency, Medical and Surgical Intensive Care and Cardiovascular Care; and Tung Tran, Director of the Mental Health and Addiction Program.

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…

Celebrating the inauguration of the new daycare centre at the JGH are, clockwise, from the top: Josie Gemma, Daycare Centre Director; David Diachidos, Chief of Laundry and Linen Services and President of the centre’s Board of Directors; CIUSSS President and CEO Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg; Associate CEO Francine Dupuis; Beverly Kravitz, Director of Human Resources, Communications, Legal Affairs and Global Security; Nursing Director Lucie Tremblay; and Julie Ricciardi, Assistant to Dr. Rosenberg.

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…

Triage Nurse Maggie Quinsey in the Emergency Department at the Jewish General Hospital

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 Note: Author Richard King died of cancer on January 2….

Nurse Clinicians in the Medical Day Hospital of the JGH show off the cards that list the languages they speak in addition to French and English. From left: Marie-Danielle Graville (Creole), Herdie Dimapasok (Tagalog), Francine Aguilar Romero (Spanish), Yolanta Kicinska (Polish) and Tiffany Qiu (Chinese).

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…

Barbra Gold at the Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre

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…

Shakti Brata Haldar, Orderly in the JGH Emergency Department

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…

Kevin Hayes, Clinical Ethicist at CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

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 Lionel Carmant during his visit at the JGH on August 10.

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…

Luca Patuelli tests his computerized C-Brace devices at Constance-Lethbridge, flanked by Orthotics and Prosthetics Technician Geneviève Levert (left) and Physiotherapist Jessy-Ann Lapointe.

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…

In the Command Centre at the JGH, the discharge and/or transfer of patients is discussed by Suzette Chung (seated), Head of Discharge Planning for the hospital; and by (from left) Matthew Wener, Physiotherapist and team member in the Access Point for Rehabilitation Beds in Physical Health and Respiratory Care; Arleyne Coombs, Chief of Social Services; Marcia Da Silva, Social Worker in the Directorate of Mental Health and Addiction; and Thu Hanh Ngo Nguyen, Access Program Manager. The screens behind them display up-to-date information about the condition and progress of healthcare users in the JGH and in other CIUSSS facilities.

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…

Luis Rosales, who got COVID-19 in February, receives physiotherapy at Mount Sinai Hospital from Physical Rehabilitation Therapist Ivan Rivera (left) and Occupational Therapist Sabrina Campisi.

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…

Orderlies Latoya Maighan (left) and Maria Barros prepare a resident at Donald Berman Jewish Eldercare Centre for a shower in bed

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…

Beverly Kravitz, Director of Human Resources, Communications, Legal Affairs and Global Security

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…

Horticultural Technician Hudson-Simone Lacharité of the Maintenance Department with the floral display she planted. It reads Merci héros de la santé, or Thank You Health Heroes.

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…

Members of the Technical Services team who participated in the energy efficiency project were, from left: Georges Bendavid, Director; Judith Suissa, Administrative Processes Specialist; David Gadoua, Building Technician; and Emilia Fernandes, Project Manager.

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…

Kathleen Manalastas, a Candidate for the Profession of Nursing (CPN) who will be working at the Jewish General Hospital, administers a shot to a high-school student at the Bill-Durnan Arena vaccination site of our CIUSSS.

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…