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Unity Health Toronto Newswire:
August 2023

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.”

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.”

How do medical staff prepare for rare emergency events?

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.

Unity Health-led discovery could unlock MS and Alzheimer’s treatments

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.

Artificial Intelligence is transforming health care

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, VP of Data Science and Advanced Analytics, debunks myths, answers questions, and discusses balancing the risks and benefits of AI.

Meet our new (robot) team member MIRA

MIRA (Medication Intelligent Robotic Assistant) is saving the pharmacy team countless hours and is preventing potential errors by automatically filling prescription orders for inpatients.

15,000

square feet in the new Lake House Palliative Care Centre at St. Joseph’s. The new centre features lake views, ample natural light and finishes inspired by cottages in Muskoka and on Lake Simcoe.

20+

years that the Ontario Marginalization Index tool has been used in research and to guide policy. Created in collaboration with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and Public Health Ontario, it measures various axes of marginalization.

10,000,000

dollars donated by the Garron family for two new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners and a new MRI space at St. Joseph’s. Check out the latest MRI machine being brought into the hospital.

Say hello to...

Dr. Brandon Tang, a new staff physician at Unity Health — though, he’s not new to the Toronto Academic Health Science Network.

Patient perspectives

“A big part of working with them was their willingness to make a personal connection with me…. They were friends, but friends who wouldn’t let me give up, and knew exactly what they were doing. They were wizards, really, with the things they did and the things they helped me do. That really is a world-class institution.”

Mo Srivastava, Providence Healthcare patient on his rehabilitation team

“If you notice your neighbour needs a little help, just pitch in…. I can’t express enough how much I’ve gotten out of being a volunteer. I can’t recommend it enough."

Longtime St. Joseph’s volunteer Domenica

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