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For 27 years, Rose Szypula and her family have been delivering gifts to children at McMaster Children’s Hospital on one special day each year. (TW infant death) A year of loss and joy It has been 27 years since we lost our son Aaron. He was a big boy, weighing in at 9lbs. 14oz. September...
Ask Stephanie Furtado to open her supplies cupboard and you’ll find everything from gauze fabric squares to scissors, foam shapes, paste, tape and other specialized items for skin, wound and ostomy care. “It definitely appeals to my artistic side.” “The dressings we use to protect a patient’s skin and support their healing can be quite...
Darlene Caprice landed in a Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) emergency department last winter after suffering a fall. Since then, HHS’ award-winning Hospital 2 Home (H2H) program has been helping the 69-year-old woman regain her independence and stay safe from COVID-19. HHS’ H2H program provides care for patients impacted by multiple chronic conditions and faced with...
Doctors say that a fear of heart inflammation shouldn’t stop you from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, COVID itself can cause this issue and additional health dangers. While there has been growing concern among some families about a possible increased risk of myocarditis or pericarditis in adolescent and young adult males after receiving the...
Fall is in the air and evident in the colours of the trees. Kids have been back to school for about a month and some workers have returned to office life. With more of us now congregating in indoor spaces, what does this mean for upcoming holidays while we’re still in the fourth wave of...
Doctors say that a fear of heart inflammation shouldn’t stop you from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, COVID itself can cause this issue and additional health dangers. While there has been growing concern among some families about a possible increased risk of myocarditis or pericarditis in adolescent and young adult males after receiving the...
Fall is in the air and evident in the colours of the trees. Kids have been back to school for about a month and some workers have returned to office life. With more of us now congregating in indoor spaces, what does this mean for upcoming holidays while we’re still in the fourth wave of...
This year’s back-to-school experience is understandably filled with varying emotions for many parents and their children. The last two school years have been largely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with classrooms either being closed due to outbreaks or in-person learning being shifted to remote learning. As elementary and high school students return to the classroom,...
Our team is remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Peter Dent following his passing late last week. Dr. Dent was known across our hospital community in many capacities – as a pediatrician, professor, researcher, innovator, mentor, community leader, care provider, and father. Among the countless achievements made during his 50-year medical career, which includes...
We tell pregnant people to be careful of everything they put in their bodies, from alcohol to sushi to soft cheese. And then when the COVID-19 vaccine first came out, it hasn’t specifically been tested on pregnant people so there was a delay in offering it to them. Of course people are hesitant. But the...
Even during the pandemic, it’s important for parents to keep up with their children’s routine medical appointments and to bring them to the emergency department if they are seriously unwell. Experts at McMaster Children’s Hospital remind parents to seek medical attention as appropriate. During the first two waves of the pandemic, visits to McMaster Children’s...
For 27 years, Rose Szypula and her family have been delivering gifts to children at McMaster Children’s Hospital on one special day each year. (TW infant death) A year of loss and joy It has been 27 years since we lost our son Aaron. He was a big boy, weighing in at 9lbs. 14oz. September...
Ask Stephanie Furtado to open her supplies cupboard and you’ll find everything from gauze fabric squares to scissors, foam shapes, paste, tape and other specialized items for skin, wound and ostomy care. “It definitely appeals to my artistic side.” “The dressings we use to protect a patient’s skin and support their healing can be quite...
Darlene Caprice landed in a Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) emergency department last winter after suffering a fall. Since then, HHS’ award-winning Hospital 2 Home (H2H) program has been helping the 69-year-old woman regain her independence and stay safe from COVID-19. HHS’ H2H program provides care for patients impacted by multiple chronic conditions and faced with...
Much like Project Odyssey itself, Mohannad ‘Mo’ Abusamhadaneh’s journey to becoming an Epic certified principal trainer is one for the ages. Project Odyssey is Hamilton Health Sciences’ (HHS) two-year venture to implement Epic, a state-of-the-art electronic hospital information system that will keep the organization at the leading edge of health care, research and innovation. Abusamhadaneh...
“Emergency doctors at HHS have a ‘can-do’ attitude — for whatever is needed,” says Hamilton Health Sciences’ (HHS) Chief of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Kuldeep Sidhu. More than 50 emergency department (ED) doctors work at HHS. Many have been the first point of contact for people seeking hospital care for COVID-19 symptoms. “ED docs stepped up,...
Nurse: patient, kind, resilient professional who is trained to care for others; a superhero At Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), the nursing profession is at the heart of the care team. We employ over 4,000 nurses across the province’s most complex and comprehensive healthcare system. Our nurses provide specialty care throughout the entire life cycle, from...
