Unity Health Toronto Newswire: August 2023 |
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When Amber Fester and her family were abruptly forced to vacate their rental apartment, it aggravated her difficult addiction journey which led to her losing custody of her children, right before learning she was pregnant. With the help of the My Baby and Me Clinic at St. Michael’s — a judgment-free space that provides clients with obstetrics, addictions support, counselling and now housing — Fester has been able to care for her newborn in a supportive environment and get her daughters back. She says finding the clinic felt like “everything came together.” |
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Scenarios like emergency thoracotomies or C-sections during a cardiac arrest don’t happen often, but we still need to be equipped for when they do. Unity Health’s annual critical care skills training day helps our staff and physicians to get ready. |
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Dr. Veronique Miron and her lab may have found a way to repair damaged myelin, the protective layer around nerve cells. She hopes it can lead to the development of new drug treatments for Multiple Sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. |
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