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College of Physicians grant autonomy to Super Nurses to treat common illnesses and selected chronic diseases

Photo: Adobe Stock The Quebec College of Physicians adopted a resolution that would give Quebec's 550 nurse practitioners (Super Nurses)…

6 years ago

MUHC Research Institute Team Wins Québec Science’s 2018 People’s Choice Award for Discovery of the Year

Photo: Jarmoluk / Pixabay This year, a new test for the early detection of endometrial and ovarian cancer wins the…

6 years ago

Self-compression mammography an effective less-painful breast screening approach – French study

Photo: Pexels Many women dread undergoing mammography because it can be awkward and painful when their breast are squashed by…

6 years ago

CHUM and Sainte Justine on Forbes magazine Canada’s Best Employers list – MUHC LEFT OUT

Photo: Stock Snap / Pixaby Forbes magazines 2019 list of Canada's Best Employers, includes two Montreal hospital centres, the CHUM…

6 years ago

New international study reveals cannabis use in adolescence could increase depression and suicidal risk

Photo: Pixabay A study by a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill…

6 years ago

Daughter of patient subjected to brainwashing experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute pursues compensation

The treatments included torture techniques involving drug-induced comas and intensive electroconvulsive therapy aimed at reprogramming the brain. Families are still…

6 years ago

Cochlear implant surgery is finally coming to Montreal and the MUHC will be part of this program

Gareth Hickenbottom-Marriot gets a cochlear implant tattoo to support his daughter. Photo: Courtesy Birmingham Children's Hospital Dr. Pierre Gfeller, head…

6 years ago

Millions diverted by former MUHC boss and wife escaped Quebec authorities

Photo: Facebook / Arthur Porter at the MUHC Glen hospital site in June 2010 Despite Quebec authorities obtaining court orders…

6 years ago

Medical student idea leads to a smartphone app to measure and treat flesh wounds

Dr. Sheila Wang, a dermatologist at the McGill University Health Centre, realized when she was in medical school the difficulties…

6 years ago

MUHC dissatisfied, refuses to pay more than $ 2 million to SNC-Lavalin

Photo: Manuel's Blog The McGill University Health Center is refusing to pay more than $ 2 million to its private…

6 years ago

Starting January 15 the old Royal Victoria Hospital will house homeless people and their pets

The Ross Pavilion at the old Royal Victoria Hospital will serve as an overflow shelter, with 80 beds being made…

6 years ago

Yanaï Elbaz, has been jailed for 39 months but no reimbursement for the moment

This morning at Palais de Justice in Montreal, Superior Court Justice, Claude Leblond sentanced former assistant director general of planing…

6 years ago

Patient at the Montreal General Hospital emergency room accuses staff of neglecting patients

In early December Donna Sarraf was rushed to the MGH ER, and while waiting on a stretcher that didn’t have…

6 years ago

New MUHC CEO to ask Quebec for more financial resources

Photo: MUHC At the Public Board meeting on Monday, the new executive director of the McGill University Health Centre, Dr.…

6 years ago

MUHC Union Presidents keep planned job cuts ‘secret’ – while the members unknowing train their replacements

Statue outside CSN Montreal Office The MUHC CSN Union President and 1st President directly received confirmation regarding the assistants-techniques en…

6 years ago

Scientists at the MUHC have figured out how some viruses escape the immune system by hiding in the testicles

Viruses, such as Zika or Ebola, and also HIV hide in the testicles and stay there long after they have…

6 years ago

Today we mourn the 14 women who were gunned down 29 years ago – Polytechnique massacre

On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine, 25, armed with a 223-calibre Sturm-Ruger rifle and a hunting knife, shot and killed 14…

6 years ago

McGill University Health Center registered the worst deficit among Quebec Hospital’s, at $ 25.5 million

According to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) topped the list of the…

6 years ago

Glen Superhospital contract contains a clause allowing its annulment in case of prohibited acts

The contract for the Glen Superhospital signed between the McGill University Health Centre and SNC-Lavalin contains a clause allowing its…

6 years ago

Greatest Fraud in Canadian History Raised Cost of MUHC Superhospital by $934 Million

According to McGill University Health Center (MUHC) lawyers, the new Glen superhospital cost an extra $934 Million, as a result…

6 years ago

Yanaï Elbaz led a millionaire life thanks to the MUHC – Éric Lemay, Journal de Montréal

Before even accepting $ 10 million in bribes from SNC-Lavalin, Yanaï Elbaz was already leading a millionaire lifestyle thanks to…

6 years ago

MUHC assistant director general of planing and real estate management pleads guilty to accepting $10M in bribes

On Monday, Yanaï Elbaz, admitted to receiving a $10-million bribe in return for helping engineering firm SNC-Lavalin win the contract…

6 years ago

Michèle Gauthier, appointed McGill University Health Centre interim director of human resources, communications and legal affairs

Dr. Pierre Gfeller head of the McGill University Health Centre  has appointed an interim director of human resources, communications and…

6 years ago

New MUHC CEO to increase security at the Montreal General Hospital

New MUHC CEO, Dr. Gfeller, declined to comment on specific personnel changes, but he told the Montreal Gazette that he…

6 years ago

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