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...
Staff from CLSC de Parc-Extension plant seeds of food and friendship among new Canadians Dietician Veronik Connan (centre), who oversees the Little Shoots, Big Roots project, tends to the community garden with participants Tanni Begum (left) and Humaira Gul. Amid...
Yuqing (Mary) Zhao, an Occupational Therapist based at CLSC de Parc-Extension, has been honoured with an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT). Ms. Zhao earned the accolade in the Fieldwork Educator category for her work...
By Richard Dagenais, SAPA Communications Specialist For an older adult in urgent need of care, a house call offers unimaginable relief. Since April 2024, a team of nurses based at CLSC de Parc-Extension and CLSC de Côte-des-Neiges has been making house calls a...
In innovative partnership, lawyers and CLSC health professionals team up to improve patient health Dr. Louis-Bruno Théberge, a Family Physician at CLSC de Parc-Extension, recently saw a patient in his 40s who suffered from severe anxiety and depression. Dr. Théberge...
An initiative that began as a pilot project at CLSC de Parc-Extension was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix Hippocrate for 2024 by the organization’s jury members. On October 17, hundreds gathered at the St-James Theatre for the Gala of the Prix Hippocrate to...
They move quickly, act tactically and address urgent situations through concerted action. Meet our CIUSSS’s “Flu SWAT” teams, who treated patients at home during the flu season. Launched last December, these “rapid intervention teams” of nurses and doctors cared for...