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Kimberley March applies the warm splinting material to the wrist of fellow student Summerlin Paine as Therapy Assistant Kate Taplin looks on.

Inspiring young medical minds

A dozen Grade 8 students slip into lab coats as they arrive at St. Mary’s Hospital in Camrose. They were hand-picked ...

September 29, 2015

H1N1 survivor advocates for immunization

It was almost two years ago that Lance McNamara nearly lost his life to influenza.“It will be two years in December, ...

September 25, 2015

Garden brightens palliative patients’ last days

Often, it’s the simple things in life that make people smile. A newly built garden is turning a once unattractive space ...

September 15, 2015

Anneli Janssens is one of 12 members of the Lethbridge Artists Club who volunteered to paint murals on the dementia unit at St. Michael’s.

Residents experience colourful new world

The Lethbridge Artists Club has left its mark on the walls of St. Michael’s Health Centre. Its members have put in ...

September 1, 2015

Special unit helps seniors transition from hospital to home

Following hip surgery due to a serious fall, 95-year-old Elmer Harris no longer required hospital care but was not ready to ...

August 31, 2015

(From left) Ferilyn Arlay, Physiotherapy Assistant, works with patient Gail Tuffnell as part of the Ready, Set, Go program at Villa Caritas.

Musician and athlete regains use of arm

Gail Tuffnell owes the use of her left arm to the Ready, Set, Go program at Villa Caritas. As a musician ...

August 20, 2015

Beaumont Centre renamed to honour residents and community

Life-giving, alive and vibrant: these are the meanings behind Chateau Vitaline, the Beaumont Covenant Care Centre's new name, which matches the ...

July 29, 2015

Heather Logan, Surgical Design Simulationist at iRSM, works on FreeForm software, used to import 3-D models from patient CT scans.

iRSM innovates by looking through patients' eyes

The Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM) is renowned globally for its pioneering work to rebuild faces and restore function ...

July 20, 2015

Nancy Ward, patient at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, appreciates that staff always make the effort to empower her to get involved with her care.

Putting power in patients' hands

The comfort of a whiteboard by Nancy Ward’s bedside has meant the world to her.“The whiteboard tells me everything I need ...

July 7, 2015

“I was very lucky." Michael Reesick describes the pains he experienced during his heart attack. He is standing in the Misericordia Coronary Care unit (CCU) where he was treated.

A new perspective: from worker to patient

When Michael Reesick, Stores Attendant, Misericordia Community Hospital, began to feel pangs in his heart as he was walking across the ...

May 4, 2015