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Coming full circle: giving back after receiving compassionate care

Volunteers distribute reading material to patients

April 18, 2017

On a mission of health, hope and healing

How medical missions keep calling healthcare workers back

April 10, 2017

Candles of remembrance

Memorial service honours those who passed away at the Misericordia Hospital

April 5, 2017

Rodney Forbes working with Physiotherapist Linda Wiebe after a stroke

Discovering a new normal, one step at a time

Walking into the Post-Acute Rehabilitation program (PARP) at St. Michael’s Health Centre (SMHC), you are immediately drawn into the hive of ...

April 3, 2017

Student Janelle Collet guides Rossi Cameron through an exercise to fill in the blanks associated with groups of words. Using these cues will help Rossi give people context in future conversations.

Speech-language pathology students improve seniors’ quality of life

Communication was always important to Rossi Cameron, a retired investigative reporter who fought for people’s human rights over her entire career. ...

March 29, 2017

Breast cancer survivor Lorrie Tiegs volunteers to meet with cancer patients before their surgery.

Healing Connections

A breast cancer survivor helps others in their journey

March 27, 2017

Ear to help

Volunteers at the iRSM create surgical simulation models for surgeons in training

March 22, 2017

Stroke patients are rushed to the CT scan to determine whether they are a candidate for the clot-busting drug tPA (tissue Plasminogen Activator).

Alberta hospitals lead world in treatment time for stroke patients

Shorter times resulting in excellent patient recoveries

March 20, 2017

Food for thought

How nutrition plays a role in health care

March 15, 2017

Women with vision: Part one

In honour of International Women's Day, this two-part feature, Women With Vision, is a glimpse at four strong women who are ...

March 8, 2017