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A year after leaving the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), veteran Darryl Burgess was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That was 1998. He’s been in the care of St. Joseph’s Dr. Don Richardon since then – making a regular 600 km round trip from his northern Ontario hometown of Burk’s...

Compassionate and curious, the late Dr. David Meltzer was committed to continuous learning throughout his nearly half-century career. Today, the Dr. David B. and Zivia Anne Meltzer Fund for Nursing Education, a fund established in his and his wife’s honour, grants financial awards for nurses who...

Heading to an exotic destination this winter? Don’t end up with an exotic disease. Travel vaccines are your best shot at protecting your health while abroad. The Prescription Shop at St. Joseph’s Hospital can help. As part of St. Joseph’s focus on uncompromising quality and safety, Prescription Shop...

Sometimes, it’s the little changes that make the biggest difference. And thanks to a recent grant through St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation made possible through the generosity of donors, that’s what’s happened in the 2 Perth unit in the Veterans Care program. After several months of...

His fingertips flit across the controls with a careful, deliberate touch while his right foot lightly taps two pedals on the floor. Like an organist at his console, each movement is so practiced as to seem effortless. Surgeon Dr. Ahmad Elnahas agrees there are parallels between musicianship and...

Amanda Lindhout never imagined that her journalism career would lead to her being kidnapped in Somalia in 2008. Or that one day she’d become a best-selling author and international icon for resilience in the face of trauma. Taking the stage at St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation's 2025 Breakfast of...

Long-time St. Joseph’s physician Dr. Mohan Merchea is helping ophthalmology residents find their passion. Dr. Gaya Sivakumar and her husband Rikin packed up their one-year-old daughter and boarded a flight to India for a learning experience that would change the ophthalmology resident’s life and...

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St. Joseph's Hospital, part of St. Joseph’s Health Care London, has become the first Canadian hospital to install the latest in mammography technology that allows patients to personally control and adjust the rate of compression during the exam. The Senographe Pristina designed by GE Healthcare is a...