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$26 million gift to Canada’s Children’s Hospitals: $2 million to help children and youth at CHEO
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2021 07:30 AM
Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations (CCHF) together with Children’s Healthcare Canada (CHC) are thrilled to announce a $26 million investment from Thistledown Foundation to support Canada’s 13 acute care children’s hospitals across the country. This historic gift recognizes the immense impact of the pandemic on Canadian children, youth, and their families.
A donation of $2 million to each acute care children’s hospital coast-to-coast is intended...
CHEO offers first pediatric palliative care residency program in Canada
Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 09:17 AM
OTTAWA — Physicians now have the opportunity to specialize in pediatric palliative care through CHEO’s new Pediatric Palliative Care Residency program, the first of its kind in Canada.
This specialty training program for physicians is a partnership between CHEO, Roger Neilson House and uOttawa’s Faculty of Medicine. It marks a historic milestone in recognizing the importance of palliative care for children, youth and their families. Before...
Kick the Carbon: CHEO announces goal to reduce carbon emissions
Posted on Friday, November 05, 2021 12:00 PM
OTTAWA — As global leaders convene at UK COP26 to discuss strategies to tackle climate change, CHEO is implementing its own measures and targets to address the global crisis, directed by a mandate from its Board of Directors.
“As an organization with a vision of the best life for every child and youth, CHEO is inherently about creating a better future,” says Daphne Fedoruk, CHEO’s Chair of the Board of Directors. “That’s...
Children’s hospitals welcome Ontario’s $8M to support eating disorder services
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2021 02:37 PM
TORONTO/OTTAWA – The Children’s Health Coalition welcomes the $8 million in new investments by the Government of Ontario to provide urgent children’s hospital capacity to treat eating disorders.
Children’s health providers have seen a rise in the intensity and severity of mental illness in children through the pandemic. Eating disorder emergency department visits at children’s hospitals increased by 1.5 to 2.6 times with hospitalizations increasing 1.5 to...
Vaccine boosters for Team CHEO
Posted on Wednesday, November 03, 2021 05:12 PM
Ottawa — CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) are pleased that the provincial government announced that third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available for health-care workers who meet the eligibility requirements set by the province.
Evidence shows that vaccines are safe and effective at reducing the risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.
Together, CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital, will open a COVID-19 vaccine...