London's Hospital Developments & Research - Page 3

ForestryW · #41 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 9:48 PM**

I personally have experienced only LHSC and Ottawa General, but I can say that LHSC is paradise on earth compared to OG. The staff are kind and helpful, the service is relatively prompt and efficient.

I agree, though, that overall Canada's healthcare system is broken. We spend 40 cents of every tax dollar on health care and we still can't seem to get it right.

manny_santos · #42 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 10:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pimpmasterdac

As far as "not caring what family members want" that's a very simplistic view. Baby Joseph has a terminal illness, that sadly he will die from and NOTHING can be done to stop this. The family wanted a Tracheotomy which is a very painful, expensive and operation that is only done where its medically needed. In Joseph's case its not medically need or warranted, its something the family with no medical training themselves want. IF LHSC had proceeded, it would bring scrutiny to why there doing unnecessary procedures and if anything happened could open them up to a lawsuit!

I'm not referring only to Baby Joseph. I'm also referring to how family members of mine were treated when they went through LHSC. Two years ago my family had a very bad experience with the staff at LHSC, and we've had multiple poor experiences with them in the past. In short we felt that the staff there only cared about what they wanted, not the patient's best interests or what the rest of the family wanted.

K85 · #43 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:10 PM**

Nothing but positive for me and my family at LHSC. At St. Joe's, the past few months, I've had 2!!! surgeries canceled... both times I was prepped, and hooked up IV for 3 hours. I had to take time off work (3 weeks) each time for recovery, and had to fight to get those shifts back. 6 hours of IV and laying in bed getting anxious, only to be told no dice? Pissed. Only plus was that the surgeon was working on a cancer patient, so that helped with the anger.

That's St. Joe's in my eyes.

Pimpmasterdac · #44 Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by manny_santos

I'm not referring only to Baby Joseph. I'm also referring to how family members of mine were treated when they went through LHSC. Two years ago my family had a very bad experience with the staff at LHSC, and we've had multiple poor experiences with them in the past. In short we felt that the staff there only cared about what they wanted, not the patient's best interests or what the rest of the family wanted.

Fair enough, poor bed side manner and arrogance can be excesses of complacent people at the hospital. Although what the family wants/what THEY think is best from their subjective view, can be in direct conflict with the patient's best interests as viewed by the doctor objectively. I don't know your personal situation and its unfortunate you've had trouble with LHSC. I've heard of many examples in the past of uninformed family members thinking they knew best, that pestered doctor over medical issues that were highly complex to the average person and let emotions cloud better judgment.

I hate going to the hospital and try to follow doctors orders as best as I can to avoid future visits!

ldoto · #45 Posted **Jul 21, 2011, 10:32 PM**

RESEARCH

By JOHN MINER, The London Free Press

London scientists have received financial backing to investigate if corrupted prion proteins — already implicated in other fatal diseases — play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

“We are looking at how this prion protein might function for Alzheimer’s disease and how other proteins that interact with the prion protein might be part of this whole neurodegeneration in the brain . . . We think the corruption of the prion protein plays a role,” Marco Prado, a scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, said Wednesday.

Prado and the research team at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry have received $600,000 from PrioNet Canada to investigate the possible connection.

If a connection with prions and Alzheimer’s proves true, the hope is treatments for Alzheimer’s may be developed. It is estimated that Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia cost Canada $22 billion a year.

A prion is a protein particle that is believed to be the cause of brain diseases, among them Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, mad-cow disease (or bovine spongiform encephalopathy), and chronic-wasting disease in deer and elk.

Prado said he expects the prion process involved in Alzheimer’s will be different than in the other prion diseases.

jammer139 · #46 Posted **Jun 9, 2023, 5:33 PM**

Let's split apart and build new empires of administrative overhead to waste more taxpayer dollars. This will not end well.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-hospitals-move-to-sever-ties

jammer139 · #47 Posted **Jun 12, 2023, 11:55 AM**

Another updated article in the LFP.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lond...d-at-forum-over-ending-lhsc-st-joes-pact

jammer139 · #48 Posted **May 22, 2024, 12:38 PM**

New seconded CEO of LHSC expected to bring changes.

David Musyj, chief executive of Windsor Regional Hospital, begins his new role as acting chief executive of London Health Sciences Centre this week. Photo taken at the Ouellette campus of Windsor Regional Hospital on Friday, May 17, 2024.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/new-...-shake-things-up-watch-for-major-changes

Djeffery · #49 Posted **May 22, 2024, 9:39 PM**

Craig Needles did a quick 15 minute interview with him today for his podcast (available in the usual places or at londonnewstoday.ca). He says he's only here temporarily, and I bet there was a wink when he said that on the interview. He said it's just a regional collaborative thing (like how Windsor took COVID patients for Peel). Helped I imagine by the fact he's probably making double at LHSC.

jammer139 · #50 Posted **Sep 25, 2024, 4:27 PM**

LHSC board resigns and MOH appoints a supervisor.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/quee...to-oversee-cash-strapped-london-hospital

jammer139 · #51 Posted **Nov 18, 2025, 3:59 PM**

Great addition to LHSC with this new tool.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/it...system-boosts-cancer-care-in-london-ont/

jammer139 · #52 Posted **Dec 4, 2025, 5:22 PM**

Good news for everyone as a new MRI in Goderich will free up times on the London MRI's. Fund raising underway for $6.5M.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/ma...-bring-mri-machine-to-goderich-hospital/

jammer139 · #53 Posted **Jan 21, 2026, 9:29 PM**

Major power woes at LHSC UH building.

LHSC Supervisor David Musyj called the event a consequence of decades of “deferred infrastructure investments” at LHSC. He said millions of dollars that he believed “should have been reinvested into infrastructure were diverted elsewhere.

Still no update from police investigation into fraud allegations by previous senior management.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/power-woes-force-university-hospital-to-redirect-patients

CTV link - https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/de...-supervisor-addresses-code-grey-fallout/

jammer139 · #54 Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 2:32 PM**

Update on the number of Code Grey's at LHSC.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lhsc...ually-high-number-of-code-grey-incidents

jammer139 · #55 Posted **Mar 31, 2026, 8:20 PM**

288 RN positions to be eliminated thru attrition over the next 3 years at LHSC.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lhsc-cutting-nearly-290-registered-nurses-union

MolsonExport · #56 Posted **Apr 1, 2026, 1:19 PM**

thanks, DOFO.

there is a significant and ongoing nursing shortage in Ontario. Despite recent government efforts to hire more staff, the province faces a critical staffing crisis, often described as having the worst registered nurse (RN)-to-population ratio in Canada.

And here we are, cutting positions. WTF???

jammer139 · #57 Posted **Apr 1, 2026, 2:02 PM**

Hospitals have been gradually evolving their staff ratios between NP, RN, RPN, PSW, PT and OT.

Makes no sense to have RN's doing sponge baths and changing bed pans.

Having said that the unions have been complaining about staff shortages forever and will still be complaining generations from now.

There is a reason why the ONA has been trying to represent the PSW's.

haljackey · #58 Posted **Apr 1, 2026, 2:17 PM**

More and more boomers need health care. They mostly voted for Douggie. They will be getting what they voted for.

MolsonExport · #59 Posted **Apr 1, 2026, 4:48 PM**

Who voted for that stupid, unnecessary circus they are building to replace Ontario Place?

MrSlippery519 · #60 Posted **Apr 1, 2026, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

Hospitals have been gradually evolving their staff ratios between NP, RN, RPN, PSW, PT and OT.

Makes no sense to have RN's doing sponge baths and changing bed pans.

Having said that the unions have been complaining about staff shortages forever and will still be complaining generations from now.

There is a reason why the ONA has been trying to represent the PSW's.

Yes this has been going on for some time, I have family in healthcare at a various levels. It makes sense they do not want to be paying RN's to do things other levels of nurses can do effectively that I do not think anyone would argue. The issue that has been come up is that they put a larger number of patients with the RN's in the same settings and that is not always an easy process or allowed.