Provincial police urged drivers in the London region to stay off the roads as blowing snow created white-out conditions while the largest local hospital prepared for a crush of injured patients Saturday afternoon. OPP in Middlesex, Huron and Perth counties asked drivers to avoid unnecessary travel with flurries and gusting winds sending snow flying across […]
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London researchers are launching a clinical trial to see if pills containing beneficial microbes from poop can help save the lives of pancreatic cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Scientists at Lawson Research Institute, the research institute at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI), are launching a Phase 1 clinical […]
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St. Joseph’s Health Care London is piloting a new minimally invasive treatment that suctions kidney stones from the body, the first hospital in North America to use the new technology. The device, which has been used in China but never before in North America, may help stop kidney stones from recurring and may be […]
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An old-fashioned winter like we haven't seen in years has led to piles of snow and ice, potential hazards for anyone braving the outdoors.
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An old-fashioned winter like we haven't seen in years has led to piles of snow and ice, potential hazards for anyone braving the outdoors.
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Artificial intelligence-powered weapons detectors are coming soon to London emergency rooms, an internal email to hospital staff says.
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Shannon Maier's arrival brings to 10 the executive roster at the London Health Sciences Centre, now overseen by a provincial supervisor.
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London Health Sciences Centre has opened extra beds during the “peak” of respiratory virus season but has avoided cancelling surgeries
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The off-site surgical centre across the street from Victoria Hospital is being expanded to triple its capacity, the province says. The Nazem Kadri surgical centre, named in honour of the NHL star and London native, will be renovated and expanded to add four operating rooms, bringing the total to six. The centre offers daytime, non-urgent […]
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Longer wait times at LHSC's two London emergency departments are prompting patients to go to smaller nearby hospitals for treatment