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Volunteer Bill Davis

Retirees return as volunteers

“When people work for so many years, some don’t want to come back anymore, but to me it was like coming home,” says Joanne Lawson, a retiree-turned-volunteer at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For most of her 42 years employed at St. Joseph’s, Lawson was a bright presence in patient registration at...
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Unspoken compassion: a volunteer's story

Patricia Mowry has been a calming presence for many women who walk nervously through the door of St. Joseph’s Breast Care Program. Patricia provides them with a gown, helps administer paper work – and more often than not, simply holds their hand. “Sometimes I don’t say anything,” says Patricia....
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Volunteer Nancy Jennings

A different path through familiar hallways

That's the answer former food service worker Nancy Jennings gives when asked why she chose to return to St. Joseph's Health Care London (St. Joseph's) as a volunteer. For years, Nancy started her mornings the same way. She worked in food services, first in the Tim Hortons at Mount Hope Centre for...
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Sam Ayoko, navigator

Bridging the digital divide in health care

Sam Ayoko doesn’t have a health background but for the patients he works with, he plays an invaluable role in their health care journey. In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, technology is playing an increasingly critical role in how we access medical services. Every day at London Heath...
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PET/MRI

A deep dive inside the human body

If you were to travel deep inside the human body, you would be able to see the hum of activity inside each tiny cell and the electrical conversation between them. You could visualize miniscule details of the soft tissue that makes you, you. While it may sound like an episode of The Magic School Bus...
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Maggie and Ruth seated outside in park

Effective care, less stress

For eight years, Maggie Perquin was a caregiver for her partner, Ruth, as she navigated life with Alzheimer’s. Throughout, Maggie was able to care for Ruth at home, until Ruth passed away in April 2023. During much of that time, Maggie was grateful for virtual care appointments with specialists and...
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Engineering a better tomorrow

From the classroom to the real-world, Western University engineering students recently teamed up with staff from St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute to design medical devices that help solve present-day patient care issues. The first-year engineering students are part of an innovative course offered at...
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