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Farm safety for children
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: March 19, 2012 LHSC Trauma Program promotes education for families during national farm safety week (LONDON, Ontario) – Farming is one of Canada’s most dangerous industries. During National Farm Safety Week from March 14 to 20, London Health Sciences Centre...
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 21, 2012 World Tuberculosis Day March 24 From medical resident at the Beck Sanatorium to physician in hospital and community clinic, Dr. Tom Austin is witness to significant change (LONDON, Ontario) – One hundred years ago, tuberculosis (TB) was a leading...
London Health Sciences Centre and Cancer Care Ontario announce new vice president for cancer care
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 23, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – Neil Johnson, an accomplished LHSC health care leader, has been named the new Vice President, Cancer Care for London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), and Regional Vice President, South West Regional Cancer Program for Cancer Care...
Former patient says ‘thank you’ to LHSC on Purple Day for Epilepsy
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 26, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – As I sit all alone in a hospital room, wondering if my life has been doomed…robbed by this illness that has shattered my head, saying to myself ‘I’d be better off dead’. When Lazzelle Gelias was admitted to the Epilepsy Program at...
LHSC and St. Joseph’s to announce renewed commitment to blood donation
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release March 26, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – The need for blood products in the city of London is ongoing, and patients undergoing treatment for illnesses and injuries such as cancer, surgery, and trauma depend on a stable supply of blood year-round. Nearly every single...
LHSC and St. Joseph’s announce new step to save and change lives
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 27, 2012 Each hospital has set a corporate blood donation target (LONDON, Ontario) – London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) are pleased to announce they have both joined the Canadian Blood Services’ “Partners...
Prevention is key to a healthy liver
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 30, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – What is the main cause of liver disease? You may think the correct answer is alcohol, but this is not the case. The liver is the largest internal and most metabolically complex organ in humans. This organ performs over 500...
Improving Patient Safety and Preventing Adverse Events
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 2, 2012 LONDON, Ontario – “Because…Critical Care is a Need not a Place” is the model behind London Health Science Centre’s (LHSC) Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOT), who recently celebrated their fifth anniversary. Last year, these teams at University...
LHSC helps women with kidney failure deliver healthy babies while on dialysis
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 4, 2012 (LONDON, Ontario) – Ten years ago when she was 27 years old, Kim Barrey was told she was in kidney failure and immediately began routine dialysis treatment through London Health Sciences Centre’s Regional Renal Program. In addition to the life...