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Every year, thousands of patients from across Montreal and Quebec rely on receiving care at the MUHC and your donations to the MUHC Foundation have helped our hospital remain at the forefront of medicine. From supporting young researchers to purchasing leading-edge medical equipment, the lives of patients and their families have been greatly improved thanks to our community’s generosity. Our donors help make the difference between good healthcare and the exceptional care offered at the MUHC. Every donation helps us achieve our goal of continuously improving healthcare at one of the most comprehensive university health centres in Canada.
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Hope and healing comes to us in many forms
For Valerie Aitken, finding a way to heal her heart started with the sudden loss of her beloved husband, Gary, to heart failure. Only six short months later, she learned that she had to find a way to not only heal her heart, but also herself, when she received a grave...
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Wendy Wray is transforming care at the MUHC – one woman at a time
“Of course you can do it” – these words have become Wendy Wray’s mantra. A cardiac nurse clinician at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) for many years, she never anticipated becoming an advocate for heart disease prevention, but her determination to save the...
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Physician profile: Dr. Nadia Giannetti, Chief of Cardiology
Even as a child Nadia Giannetti was drawn to medicine, and went to work in a hospital the first chance she got, volunteering as a candy striper at the Montreal General Hospital while in high school. She went on to receive her MD from McGill University in 1991, then...
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Many thanks to all the donors and volunteers who came to the Glen site of the MUHC yesterday for an informative estate planning seminar with Carmela Guerriro, Regional Vice President at RBC Wealth Management, Estate & Trust Services. We provided our guests with invaluable information about wills, and planning their future, as well details on legacy giving. Click here to learn more about how you can make a donation in your will: www.muhcfoundation.com/ways-to-give/build-a-legacy/
De 90 % à 95 % des patients infectés par la tuberculose développent la maladie, avec ses conséquences désastreuses pour les poumons. Des chercheurs des universités McGill et Laval ont découvert pourquoi. « Nous avons compris que la protéine CypD [cyclophiline D], qui gère la prolifération et l'activation des lymphocytes T, est responsable d'un équilibre, explique Maziar Divangahi, de l'Institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill, qui est l'auteur principal de l'étude publiée vendredi dans la revue Science Immunology
Percée montréalaise en tuberculose | MATHIEU PERREAULT | Médecine
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Des chercheurs québécois ont découvert pourquoi plus de 90 % des patients infectés par la tuberculose ne tombent pas malades. Paradoxalement, la maladie est plus grave...The MUHC Foundation is charged with the enormous responsibility of raising tens of millions to help fund patient care, education and research at the McGill University Health Centre, arguably one of the best hospitals in the world. In her capacity as President of the foundation, Julie Quenneville is responsible for leading her team in its constant efforts to raise the funds needed.
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The MUHC Foundation is charged with the enormous responsibility of raising tens of $millions to help fund research in the world-class hospitals that make up the McGill University Health Centre, fro…Grateful to the MUHC for saving his life, Paul became involved with its foundation as a member of the Board of Directors. “Volunteering with the foundation was one of the ways to say thank you to the community of medical professionals who not only cared for me, but also care for the Montreal community at large,” he says.
Paul Marchand is paying it forward at the MUHC
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Non Nobis Solum. Not For Ourselves Alone. This simple but powerful motto is one that Paul Marchand learned in high school, and which ultimately has shaped the course of his life. A lawyer speciali…