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“I never expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer – not just once but twice.” Krista Wilde has been on a physical and emotional rollercoaster since late 2021 when she first found a lump in her breast. A single mom, with no history of breast cancer in her family, she was terrified. “One day you...

Dr. Serena Wong sees the need for increased funding to mental health care every day. As a clinical psychologist, she cares for adults of all ages – providing one-to-one therapy, as well as group therapy for in- and out-patients. And she’s worried about the growing need for mental health care...

As the complexity of chronic diseases evolves - and as rates rise in Canada - St. Joseph’s Health Care London hopes to help create a new generation of pharmacists with expertise in outpatient care of a rapidly growing patient population. St. Joseph’s has launched a residency program for new pharmacy...

The Endoscopy Clinic at St. Joseph’s Hospital is London’s designated site of Ontario’s ColonCancerCheck screening program. March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and St. Joseph’s, in partnership with Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) is encouraging people ages 50 to 74 to talk to their family...

Ann and her husband Peter got to know the care providers at the St. Joseph’s very well when their daughter Alice was admitted for inpatient mental health care. The care team kept the family well informed about her progress with constant updates. “They were fabulous,” Ann says. “They always took my calls and would say to me every time, ‘do not give up hope’.”

St. Joseph’s Excellence in Professional Practice Awards recognize nursing and other allied health discipline staff who are at the heart of patient and resident care. Each year, recipients are nominated by their peers or leaders for leading by example and for exemplifying the Mission, Vision and...

Larry Fulton recalls the moment doctors told him that he would likely not live past the age of 40. He was only 18-years-old at the time and had just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. “Back then, the life expectancy for people living with diabetes was only around 20 years or so,” recalls Larry...