Superman capes and hospital weddings: How five JGH employees made a difference
Hard times can bring out the best in people, and this year has been no exception. Meet a group of Jewish General Hospital staffers…
Hard times can bring out the best in people, and this year has been no exception. Meet a group of Jewish General Hospital staffers…
For several weeks, the last thing Pharmacist Wangqi Chen did before going to bed was check his iPhone. He wasn’t looking at his Facebook…
Donation to cancer patient praised as “heroic” One day in late December, Emélie Elkrief flew thousands of kilometres to give a life-saving gift to…
Nearly all the orderlies who joined our CIUSSS during the coronavirus crisis remain on the job Dave Morin was a manager in a downtown…
It’s not every day that celebrities join forces with directors from our CIUSSS to extend a message of thanks to staff. But then, this…
After Ezra Jeffrey died of COVID-19, co-workers made sure his memory lived on Ezra Jeffrey was an orderly who gave to others before he…
The 2020 edition of our CIUSSS’s staff photo contest commemorates a year like no other. For those who lived through it, the period will…
They’ve quick, they’re agile, and they move in swiftly to avert a crisis. No wonder they’re known as the COVID-19 SWAT team. Since the…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Psycho-educator Rachelle Fagen noticed that some families in the Child Psychiatry Program of the Jewish General Hospital were struggling….
To focus on care’s “human side,” staff taped photos of their faces to their protective gowns When Nurse Suzanne Djomkam was told in April…
The message on the pins and t-shirts said it all: SUPERHEROES. At a festive giveaway in Carrefour Lea Polansky on July 2, CIUSSS West-Central…
Senior editor and publisher at the Jewish General Hospital since 2004, Henry Mietkiewicz has overseen the publication of hundreds of articles. A magician with…
Many of the callers to the COVID-19 employee hotline are anxious. Some are crying. They have a sore throat, or a stuffy nose, or…
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, everyone was urged to stay home. But what about people who had no home? It was a dilemma confronting…
When Jonathan Senatus received an urgent request to deploy to a long-term care centre, the Nurse Clinician from the Jewish General Hospital didn’t hesitate…
With one voice, the Emergency Department strikes a chord of solidarity It began as an idea to sing in unison as a show of…
JGH Laundry team delivers 9,100 kilos of clean items to patients and staff each day For anyone unnerved by the contagiousness of COVID-19, here’s…
Every day in our network, staff is hard at work on the frontlines in the battle against the coronavirus. We celebrate the women and…
One day recently, the chaplain at the Jewish General Hospital recited a prayer for a dying COVID-19 patient on Zoom. As dozens of family…
Until late March Daniel Rock’s job was adapting wheelchairs and other mobility aids at the Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre. Now the technician has shifted to…