In Child Psychiatry, a helping hand for families during the pandemic
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….
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Scarves, photos and memorials: Mourning rituals help people heal from the trauma of COVID-19
To remember those lost to COVID-19, residents in one Montreal district knitted colourful scarves and embroidered them with the names of their loved ones:…
Want to make a difference during a second wave of COVID-19? Here’s your chance
Our CIUSSS needs members for its COVID-19 Testing Clinic team. Assistant Head Nurse Camille Labrie answers questions about job opportunities—and why you may want…
How COVID-19 yanked telehealth out of the future and into our daily lives
After COVID-19, screens and phones will remain vital to care, experts predict Imagine… using a computer and webcam to remotely diagnose a serious medical…
Keeping stomachs full and spirits strong during COVID-19
Throughout the upheavals of the COVID-19 health crisis, staff at the Jewish General Hospital have been able to count on one reliable source of…
JGH food court dishes out meals and good humour, along with social distancing
Visitors will notice some changes at the Jewish General Hospital’s food court these days. But the basic ingredients of the cafeteria’s popularity remain unchanged….
From panic to pride: How rehab workers got COVID-19 patients back on their feet
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…
Celebrating our Superheroes
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…
Family medicine teams defy COVID-19 by linking to patients via telehealth
All it took was a few moments for Dr. Mark Karanofsky to look at his patient and realize something was seriously wrong: Antonio José…
Pandemic motivates midwives to give birth to new telehealth services
In mid-April, six weeks after giving birth, Nicole-Ann Shery cradled her daughter, Kayla, in her arms and huddled at home in front of her…
Using the digital tools of telepsychiatry to forge emotional bonds
Comfort of home helps clients open up to their therapists Compared to many other branches of medicine, psychiatry might appear to be a dubious…
They’re tracking COVID for their co-workers, one phone call at a time
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…
No home? No problem for the helping hands of the Connexion team
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…
Meet the Vigi Squad: United for a tough mission, they ended up as heroes
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…
Fighting COVID by flushing it down the drain
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…
Giving babies a healthy start during perilous times
Even a pandemic doesn’t stop babies from entering the world. That’s why midwives at the Côte-des-Neiges Birthing Centre are taking innovative steps to provide…
Helping co-workers on the frontline face COVID safely
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…
Fighting the coronavirus, one disinfectant wipe at a time
Laurence Latendresse Jobin is at the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus. Each day at the Jewish General Hospital, he puts on full…
Feeling coronavirus anxiety? There are ways to ease it
These are stressful times for staff in our CIUSSS. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you are not alone – and there’s help available. CIUSSS West-Central…
Healthy life balance, supporting colleagues are key during COVID-19 epidemic: JGH Chief of Psychiatry
The 360 employee newsletter asked Dr. Karl Looper, Chief of Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital and Co-Director of the Mental Health Program of…