Care before surgery key to Nathan’s healing
When Nathan was born at his family’s local hospital, he was quickly transferred to McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) where he...
Introducing… a pediatric anesthesiologist
As a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain doctor based at Hamilton Health Sciences’ (HHS) McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), Dr. Deepa Kattail...
Working together to save kids’ lives, kilometres apart
When three-year-old Lucas Waring woke up feeling sick earlier this year, his mom Nikki thought it was the flu. However,...
Teen “a new me” after eye surgery
Alex Cleary didn't know he was a candidate for strabismus surgery. The psychological effects of the condition became so great that he...
Minimizing the stress of surgery
For any child and their family, surgery can be a stressful and scary experience, even if the procedure is a...
Nine years in the making: McMaster Children’s celebrates new OR
Just five days after a surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in her chest, four-year-old Maliya Lafayette was on her...