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Dr. Frank Prato celebrates 45 years of medical imaging ingenuity

It started at the tender age of ten, when the son of hard-working Italian immigrants, Frank Prato recognized his affinity for science. When he thinks back, Dr. Prato recalls the influential teachers who helped shape his curiosity. "I have always had an interest in the medical sciences,” says Dr...
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The lasting touch of kindness

You never really know whose life you are impacting, or how. Just ask Martha Scott. As a child, Martha spent a lot of time in and out hospital with childhood leukemia. Naturally, she remembers her oncologist, but over the past 30 years there is someone else Martha has often thought about – the “snack...
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Advancing recovery across the board

Andrew Fuller was one of the first people to use a new Senaptec Sensory System for brain injury recovery. In 2024, he had a large benign tumour removed from his cerebellum, leaving him with some lingering issues. “My sensory intake is off and it affects my internal balance, particularly when walking...
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Anchored in Trust

When Patti Hoddinott tried rock climbing with her husband, Terry, on a whim six years ago, it was love at first climb. But it’s a sport with an extra layer of difficulty for the couple. Terry is blind. Hoddinott, a dietitian at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, is Terry’s caller. Using a two-way...
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Illuminating the body's smallest secrets

Tucked behind the protective lower walls of St. Joseph’s Hospital lies a futuristic workshop of sorts – a place where science, technology and leading-edge medical care converge. Within a behemoth, 62-ton machine, a swirling vortex of powerful magnetic fields and electric pulses is creating bursts of...
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Care with comfort

Without hesitation, Micheline Steele provides an emphatic rave review of her extensive experience with virtual care. “It changed my life,” says the 64-year-old. For years, crippling chronic pain curtailed every aspect of life for Micheline. An avid fitness enthusiast, even gentle exercise was out of...
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Caring and connecting

If there is common denominator among this year’s recipients of the Sisters of St. Joseph Awards for Excellence, it’s their secret – or not so secret – superpower. The ability to create connections with profound empathy, compassion and sincerity. The three recipients fill very different roles yet all...
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Knowledge, support and sisterhood - the power of BRA Day

It’s so much more than people at a podium. Those who attend Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day at St. Joseph’s Hospital will be immersed in a sisterhood of support and a sense of community like no other. And they will leave with knowledge gained directly from experts on the frontlines of care...
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Mount Hope celebrates BPSO pre-designation

Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care begins a three-year journey for designation as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. St. Joseph's Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care is committed to excellence through continuous quality improvement and...
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