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March 15, 2017

Food for thought

How nutrition plays a role in health care

  • Rehabilitation,
  • General Health,
  • Fitness and Wellness
Don't slip on ice this winter
February 20, 2017

Eight ways to stay on your feet this winter

  • Rehabilitation,
  • General Health,
  • Fitness and Wellness
Wall of Gratitude artwork at the Misericordia Community Hospital
The art Lorraine Oberg donated to the Misericordia Community Hospital is very personal. In this painting, "Memories," you see a Cossack sculpted by Lorraine’s brother, an ostrich egg her daughter made and cross-stitch from her aunt Vicky.
February 13, 2017

Artist offers hope and healing with Wall of Gratitude

  • Spiritual Health,
  • General Health
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December 12, 2016

Volunteer knitters provide comfort to kids in hospital

Through knitted donations, volunteers are helping to make the emergency department a less scary place

  • Spiritual Health,
  • General Health
Flu shots protect vulnerable patients, yet not all healthcare workers will get immunized.
November 28, 2016

Moral dilemma

Flu shots protect vulnerable patients, yet not all healthcare workers get immunized

  • Cold and Flu,
  • Health Ethics,
  • General Health
Chateau Vitaline resident Velma Baker loves when the grade five and six students from Ecole Bellevue School come to visit.
Chateau Vitaline resident Velma Baker loves when the Grade 5 and 6 students from École Bellevue School come to visit.
November 14, 2016

Sparking new friendships

  • Seniors,
  • Mental Health,
  • General Health
Walk With Me patient Mary Nychka displays her new shirt at the unit program party at the Grey Nuns Hospital
Patient Mary Nychka was one of the first on Unit 52 to be introduced to the Walk With Me program in January 2016.
November 2, 2016

Walk With Me program takes another step forward

When you're down and out, the last thing you want is to get up and about.

  • General Health,
  • Seniors,
  • Fitness and Wellness
To help keep track of a patient’s pre-admission home medications, the Misericordia has implemented a Medication Reconciliation (MedRec) program.
October 25, 2016

Life-changing heart attack

An important part of recovery is how hospital staff support patients for discharge

  • Heart,
  • General Health,
  • Innovation,
  • Vascular
Door of Mercy
October 12, 2016

Door of Mercy

  • Spiritual Health,
  • General Health,
  • Rehabilitation
Path to Home
October 3, 2016

New approach to care is helping save lives

  • Vascular,
  • Innovation,
  • General Health
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