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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 …

To mark this important anniversary, several activities will be organized throughout the year, starting with a large-scale virtual exhibition launching today, March 31st. Created by the Art and Heritage Centre of the MUHC and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation, the virtual exhibit is a journey through 200 years of hospital history, medical innovation and exceptional …

You probably know someone who has suffered a concussion or a more severe form of traumatic brain injury (TBI). John Feifer is one of those people. He suffered multiple TBIs in his youth while practicing the sports that he loved. Fortunately, after a 14-hour brain surgery and months of rehabilitation, he was able to return …

Genetics and Cardiology Are Teaming Up to Prevent Cardiac Incidents Teams at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) are adding the final touches to a new space that will combine sophisticated, state-of-the-art technologies to help understand the root cause of inherited cardiac diseases. It bears the maiden name of Mrs. Satoko Ingram, who, with her husband …