Ben Fanelli from Waterloo nearly died in 2009. While playing for the Kitchener Rangers, an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, the 16-year-old was checked hard during a game and his head smashed into the boards. “I have no memory of the hit,” says Ben. “The ambulance took me to the local hospital before I was...
When Sophie received her cancer diagnosis, she was still full of energy, running and playing like nothing was wrong. But tumours were growing all over her tiny four-year old body. “She was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma,” recalls her dad, Robin. “She had tumours in 21 locations throughout her body.” During treatment for a cancer...
Hamilton Health Sciences researchers have discovered that covert – or ‘silent’ – strokes are common in seniors after they have elective, non-cardiac surgery and are linked to cognitive decline. While an overt stroke causes obvious symptoms, such as weakness in one arm or speech problems that last more than a day, a covert stroke is...
Supercrawl is returning to Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre! Join us for a free evening of fun and games including musical performances, crafts, face painting and more. This is an accessible event for the whole family. Date: Friday, September 13th, 2019 Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Location: Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre, 325 Wellington...
Jean Riley is a recreation therapist at St. Peter’s Hospital. She has worked at Hamilton Health Sciences for 25 years, most recently in the behavioural health unit caring for patients with dementia. What does a recreation therapist do? All therapeutic recreation programs take place with the goal of finding non-pharmaceutical ways of reducing responsive behaviour....
Dr. Jeff Pernica is an infectious disease specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences. There’s a lot of attention in the news right now about the flu season in Australia. Some are calling it the worst in years. Although this sounds scary, it’s important to understand what we can learn from Australia’s flu, and how we can...
If you’re a green thumb, you’ve probably learned to cope with the creepy crawlers that live in your garden beds: worms, beetles, grubs. But what about the bugs you can’t see? Believe it or not, there are microscopic germs in our soil that can turn a day in the garden in to a trip to...
Swimming can provide hours of summer fun for the family. However, drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death for Canadian children and happens quickly and silently. To protect your family, follow these pool and life jacket tips...
Supercrawl is returning to Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre! Join us for a free evening of fun and games including musical performances, crafts, face painting and more. This is an accessible event for the whole family. Date: Friday, September 13th, 2019 Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Location: Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre, 325 Wellington...
Today the Hamilton Health Team was invited by the Ministry of Health to move forward immediately in the process and submit a full application to create an Ontario Health Team (OHT). The team’s initial submission was selected among a group of over 150 other applicants from communities across Ontario. While still early in the process,...
By: Rob MacIsaac, president and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences Serious concerns are being raised in our community right now about the impact of hate, discrimination and bullying aimed at two spirit and LGBTQ+ people. While we are a healing organization, not a political one, we are part of this community. Many of the people who...
Ben Fanelli from Waterloo nearly died in 2009. While playing for the Kitchener Rangers, an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, the 16-year-old was checked hard during a game and his head smashed into the boards. “I have no memory of the hit,” says Ben. “The ambulance took me to the local hospital before I was...
When Sophie received her cancer diagnosis, she was still full of energy, running and playing like nothing was wrong. But tumours were growing all over her tiny four-year old body. “She was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma,” recalls her dad, Robin. “She had tumours in 21 locations throughout her body.” During treatment for a cancer...
Hamilton Health Sciences researchers have discovered that covert – or ‘silent’ – strokes are common in seniors after they have elective, non-cardiac surgery and are linked to cognitive decline. While an overt stroke causes obvious symptoms, such as weakness in one arm or speech problems that last more than a day, a covert stroke is...
Jean Riley is a recreation therapist at St. Peter’s Hospital. She has worked at Hamilton Health Sciences for 25 years, most recently in the behavioural health unit caring for patients with dementia. What does a recreation therapist do? All therapeutic recreation programs take place with the goal of finding non-pharmaceutical ways of reducing responsive behaviour....
When Jules Okoko came to Canada, he didn’t know anyone or have much money. Jules was a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo where he fled the Great African War at the turn of the century. After working in different jobs, mostly in labour, he went back to school to be a computer networking...
First days on the job can be a mixed bag of emotions. Some people arrive with a level of excitement only reserved for life’s major events. It’s not every day you start a new position, after all. Others may experience fear or nervousness. They don’t want to rock the boat or signal to their colleagues...
