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Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Joanne Tomassi
Joanne is our December 31st Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner. She is the Manager for Laboratory Information System (LIS) & Microbiology, and has been employed at North York General for 35 years.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Chantell Plunkett
Chantell is a Registered Nurse at the Mother and Baby Unit, and has been with North York General for almost 5 years! She is our December 18th Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner.
Dr. Sandy Buchman — Freeman Family Chair in Palliative Care
I cannot help but reflect on how the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the transition back to a palliative care-centred environment even more timely.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Faye Verveniotis
Faye is our December 4th Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner. She is a Medical Secretary for the Adult Mental Health Outpatient Services and has been with North York General since 2003.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Laura Goodwin
Congratulations to Laura Goodwin, our November 20th Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner! Laura has been with the North York Genera for 14 years!
Message from the President
One has to admit, waking up to freshly fallen snow is magical. And perhaps even more so if you don’t have to contend with a commute, which is the reality for many of us. I am grateful that I have something different to look at in my garden (below) from my kitchen “desk”, as the Foundation staff have returned to remote working to reduce the community footprint in the Hospital.
Message from the President
Winter has come early with several snowfalls in the city these last few weeks. I am also just getting use to the shorter amount of daylight, which is a sign that the holiday season will soon be here, albeit a different sort of holiday for all of us.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Debbie Kraus
Congratulations to Debbie Kraus, our November 6th Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner! Debbie is Unit Secretary at 5 North and has been with North York General for over 35 years now!
Rolando Idolor’s Story
With the holiday season approaching, I wanted to share my family’s story of hope and gratitude.
Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner profile: Erica Donaldson
Congratulations to Erica Donaldson our October 23rd Fortune Fridays 50/50 Staff Lottery winner! Erica is an RN at @North York General’s Post Partum Unit and has been with NYGH for 31 years. She was inspired to join the lottery because of that possibility that she could win and she did!
Message from the President: The opening of the Steinberg Family Paediatric Centre
I am so pleased to share with you a good news story. Today, the new Steinberg Family Paediatric Centre, gracing the 4thfloor of our hospital at the corner of Leslie and Sheppard, opened to patients, families and staff. The finishing touches were put on the Centre over the weekend and patients were transported this morning from the 3rd floor, up to the amazing new purpose-built space.
Q&A’s with Speech Language Pathologists
Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) at North York General Hospital provide services to all inpatient medical and surgical programs. Can you give us an idea of the types of patients you are likely to see in an average week?
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