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COVID-19 Updates: Message from the President
Dear Friends, My team and I remain working remotely and like many of you, it is still unclear when we will be able to return to our office on a regular basis.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Evelin Lu
Congratulations to Evelin Lu for being our latest Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner!
The Sikh community steps up to help North York General tackle COVID-19
On May 13th, 2020, North York General Hospital (NYGH) was honoured to received an incredibly generous $75,000 gift from Gurdwara Gursikh Sabha Canada, which serves the Sikh community of Greater Toronto Area east.
COVID-19 Updates: Message from the President
Dear Friends, This week may not be well known outside the hospital world, but it is Nursing Week, celebrated in close proximity to Florence Nightingale’s birth, some 200 years ago.
Leaving a life-saving footprint on North York General Hospital
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (Tzu Chi) was founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen on the rural east coast of Taiwan.
Unsung health care heroes
Respiratory therapists play a crucial role working with patients who have acute respiratory illnesses like COVID-19.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Sonia Abian, Edsel Mutia and Ma Serachel Yu
Congratulations to Sonia Abian, Edsel Mutia and Ma Serachel Yu for being our latest Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winners!
COVID-19 Updates: Message from the President
I have to confess that I have an overwhelming urge to open with, “Hey All You Cool Cats And Kittens”. For those of you who appreciate this reference, you can see that I broke my own standards of guilty viewing pleasure (The Crown, Better Call Saul, or The Last Dance) to something completely different.
Community bands together to help North York General tackle COVID-19
On May, 5, 2020, North York General Hospital (NYGH) was honoured to receive an incredible $50,000 gift from the Hu family to help the hospital with its COVID-19 efforts.
COVID-19 Updates: Message from the President
Dear Friends, Today was chosen by the Canadian Medical Association as Physicians' Day in honour of Dr. Emily Stowe, the first female physician to practice in Canada.
Honouring one of our own while helping tackle COVID-19
Back in 2004, Mehran Afshar started his career at North York General Hospital (NYGH) when he trained as a student respiratory therapist.
Putting oneself at risk to help others
Entering a COVID-19 isolation room creates some anxiety for the team in North York General Hospital’s emergency department.