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CLIP was created at the MGH-MUHC thanks to a $2M donation from National Bank of Canada. The Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) are proud to announce a $2 million donation from National Bank of Canada. This financial contribution will support the launch of the …

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. John H. Burgess, who died peacefully at the age of 88 at his home in Vermont. This is a great loss to the medical and Montreal communities, but also to the indigenous communities with whom he worked and for whom he advocated for almost 30 …

Seven years of solidarity for women in our community On July 11, 2021, the 7th edition of the Montreal Run for Women in support of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation came to an end, after a week of walking, running and coming together to support women in our community who are struggling with mental health …

On June 21, 2021, the Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Cedars Cancer Foundation partnered to celebrate the 42nd Annual Cedars Golf Classic. The event raised $480,000 to support cancer patients and their medical teams!

The COVID-19 pandemic will go down in history as one of the monumental crises in recent decades, but it is not the first time that the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) has faced such a challenge. In the 200 years since it opened, this institution we have the honour to support has overcome more than its …

This generous gift from the estate of Herta Vodstrcil will be invested in scholarships for current and future MUHC nurses as well as in simulation-based training over the next three years.

Thanks to a substantial donation from the Doggone Foundation, three psychologists and an occupational therapist will be hired to increase mental health services, including cognitive-behaviour therapy.

A Valuable Tool for More Accurate Surgery The Montreal General Hospital Foundation, in partnership with Lions International and The Retina Foundation of Canada and thanks to the support of long-time donor Mrs. Gail Jarislowsky, is providing the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Division of Ophthalmology with a state-of-the-art surgical microscope with a 3D display system. …

  On April 21, a special edition of the McGill’s Holmes VP-Dean Distinction Lecture was held: “McGill and Harvard: How the Opening of Two “Public” Hospitals Became the Anchor of Two Great Medical Schools”. The lecture was a great success with close to 400 people attending this virtual event, co-presented by the Montreal General Hospital …

If the fight against COVID-19 has been so complex, it is largely because of the lack of information available at the outset. During the first months of the crisis, we knew very little about the evolution of the virus, its modes of transmission, its effects on the immune system and on various organs of the …