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Volunteers: The Heartbeat of Hamilton Health Sciences

As this year’s National Volunteer Week approaches, we must not only celebrate our volunteers but also acknowledge the shifting landscape of volunteerism. Across Canada, organizations are facing a decline in volunteer participation, yet the need for volunteers has never been greater. The reality is that volunteerism is an essential part of many sectors, particularly health...

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A hand to hold: How volunteers enrich Hamilton Health Sciences

Nancy Purich is retired from teaching, but she continues to mentor students through her volunteer role at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)’ McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH). Purich has been a volunteer at MCH for more than 20 years, supporting families whose children are there for surgery. She also helps train new volunteers, including students, through job...

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Nurses call for rebuilding Juravinski Hospital

The ABCs of Juravinski Hospital The hospital’s sections are named for letters of the alphabet, with the oldest area, M wing, built nearly a century ago. It’s located at the hospital’s west side, backing onto the mountain brow. Built in the 1930s, it’s where inpatients needing rehabilitation receive care, including older adult rehabilitation patients and...

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McMaster Children’s Hospital wins Innovation and Impact Award

The Quality of Life and Advanced Care Planning Team (QoLA) at Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) has been recognized with a Children’s Healthcare Canada Innovation & Impact Award for their work in family and patient-centred care. This award recognizes teams or programs that have implemented innovative practices to enhance the human experience in...

Research & Innovation

Partnering to improve outcomes for high-risk breast cancer patients

The Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)’ Centre for Data Science and Digital Health (CREATE) is partnering with cancer genetics expert Dr. Andrea Eisen to expand the hospital’s artificial intelligence (AI) Learning Health System for Breast Cancer to include genetics information from patients. “By including genetics, we’re opening up an incredibly powerful resource to ask critical questions...

Stories

A hand to hold: How volunteers enrich Hamilton Health Sciences

Nancy Purich is retired from teaching, but she continues to mentor students through her volunteer role at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)’ McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH). Purich has been a volunteer at MCH for more than 20 years, supporting families whose children are there for surgery. She also helps train new volunteers, including students, through job...

Stories

Nurses call for rebuilding Juravinski Hospital

The ABCs of Juravinski Hospital The hospital’s sections are named for letters of the alphabet, with the oldest area, M wing, built nearly a century ago. It’s located at the hospital’s west side, backing onto the mountain brow. Built in the 1930s, it’s where inpatients needing rehabilitation receive care, including older adult rehabilitation patients and...

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“These doctors saved my life”

HHS a leader in ‘gold standard’ brain clot removal Last November, Brantford resident Lynn Matthews experienced a large, life-threatening blood clot in her brain. The clot was sizable enough to clog a major vessel, putting her in grave danger of life-altering brain damage or even death due to stroke. But thanks to endovascular therapy (EVT)...

Health Tips

React “FAST” to the signs of stroke

In Canada, someone has a stroke every nine minutes. Strokes can happen to anyone, at any age and occurs suddenly, often without warning. It's important to recognize the signs of stroke and act quickly to improve the chances of recovery.

Health Tips

What is measles?

Dr. Jacqueline Wong, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital, shares information to help keep you and your family safe. What is measles and how can I avoid getting it? Measles is a virus. It belongs to a group of viruses that include other common infections that you might have...

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What illnesses are impacting kids this viral season

Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, infectious disease pediatrician at Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital, shares some insights into the current 2023 viral season.   Are any new illnesses impacting children this year? Most families know, and certainly all doctors know that there is more respiratory disease in children in the winter. This is because there are...

Our People , Research & Innovation

HHS surgical residents contribute to cutting-edge research

A passion for patient care and research We’re pleased to introduce three senior surgical residents who, as well as caring for HHS patients, also contribute to leading-edge research. When their residencies are complete, they plan to work as surgeons as well as researchers, saving the lives of their patients while also exploring new and better...

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Dr. Kassia Johnson receives the 2024 Pat Mandy Inclusion Award

Dr. Kassia Johnson is the recipient of this year’s Pat Mandy Inclusion Award. The award recognizes an individual at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) who embodies the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in their day-to-day interactions, progressing the realization of our organization’s core values by fostering a more inclusive and equitable health care experience...

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Meet a few of the record number of HHS staff celebrating 40 years of service or more

Imagine being part of one of Canada’s largest health-care teams. And now imagine working here for 40, 45, or even 50 years. That’s the type of workplace Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is. The place where people build careers they love, and choose to stay until retirement. This year, a record 34 staff are reaching their...

What does Explore Research mean to HHS patients?

Dr. Hira Mian, HHS hematology oncologist and researcher “Explore Research means that even more cancer patients may be contacted with opportunities to participate in clinical trials involving new drugs that will hopefully improve overall outcomes.” “Explore Research will help even more patients to participate in research studies,” says Dr. Hira Mian, an HHS hematology oncologist...

Empowering HHS patients, driving research

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is improving the way patients are recruited for research studies, to help them access new treatments and equitable research opportunities. Starting Feb. 24, all patients receiving care at HHS will automatically be enrolled in Explore Research, the hospital’s new patient recruitment process for research studies, unless they choose to opt out....

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Heart failure patient recovers at home thanks to a Canadian first at HHS

“It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.” That’s how Hamilton resident Peg Kelly describes chest pressure she experienced one night in December, during the holidays. Kelly has been living with heart failure (HF) for 10 years and recognized the seriousness of her symptoms. “I couldn’t breathe when I tried lying down in...

Research & Innovation

Partnering to improve outcomes for high-risk breast cancer patients

The Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)’ Centre for Data Science and Digital Health (CREATE) is partnering with cancer genetics expert Dr. Andrea Eisen to expand the hospital’s artificial intelligence (AI) Learning Health System for Breast Cancer to include genetics information from patients. “By including genetics, we’re opening up an incredibly powerful resource to ask critical questions...

Research & Innovation

New Buffett Taylor Chair in Breast Cancer Research returns to HHS roots

The return of renowned breast cancer physician and researcher Dr. Andrea Eisen to Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is being celebrated by the hospital’s medical, research, innovation and teaching communities. “Dr. Eisen’s leadership in translational research — where discoveries in the lab lead to treatments that prolong and save lives — will help advance care for...

Research & Innovation

Ground-floor research explores quality of life after CAR T-cell therapy

Investigating the long-term effects of a new cancer treatment on patients is a lot like building a car while driving it. That’s the challenge faced by Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) researcher and malignant hematologist Dr. Amaris Balitsky, who is studying the lasting impacts of CAR T-cell therapy, a specialized treatment that became available to Ontario...

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Volunteers: The Heartbeat of Hamilton Health Sciences

As this year’s National Volunteer Week approaches, we must not only celebrate our volunteers but also acknowledge the shifting landscape of volunteerism. Across Canada, organizations are facing a decline in volunteer participation, yet the need for volunteers has never been greater. The reality is that volunteerism is an essential part of many sectors, particularly health...

Media Room

McMaster Children’s Hospital wins Innovation and Impact Award

The Quality of Life and Advanced Care Planning Team (QoLA) at Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) has been recognized with a Children’s Healthcare Canada Innovation & Impact Award for their work in family and patient-centred care. This award recognizes teams or programs that have implemented innovative practices to enhance the human experience in...

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Preventing the Spread of Measles at McMaster Children’s Hospital 

Patient notice: Measles is very contagious and is easily spread in the air. If you or your child has measles symptoms or is at the hospital for measles testing, you and your child will be put in a room by yourself with controlled airflow or with a special machine called a HEPA Filter. This is...