The region’s largest hospital is bolstering a frequently overlooked area of medical study, appointing a chair in midwifery research. The limited-term position at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is meant to help improve the care of mothers and their babies, with several studies and projects underway to help patients including cesarean section moms and ones […]
A judge has slapped down a lawsuit waged by a disabled Londoner over alleged mistreatment by the province and the region’s largest hospital, the latest chapter in a legal fight that began in 2018. Among other allegations in his lawsuit, Roger Foley – who is living with a severe neurodegenerative condition that limits his mobility […]
London Health Sciences Centre is under fire once more for sending a large contingent of staff to a conference in another country. Details are emerging of a fourth trip, this one involving 13 members of the hospital’s information technology department who went to conferences in Las Vegas in September at a cost of about $50,000. […]
In its previous budget, 2022-2023, the hospital had a deficit of $46.5 million, or 2.9 per cent of its expenditures. The shortfall forecast for this year marks an increase of $30 million.
“LHSC’s board of directors adheres to the Authorizations and Approvals Policy that requires approval by the board of expenditures only above a certain threshold,” the hospital said in an emailed statement Wednesday. “The costs associated with travel are below this threshold.”
Five controversies, four years. London Health Sciences Centre’s highest ranks have faced several bouts of public scrutiny in recent years amid a series of scandals and slip-ups involving everything from international travel to its Sunshine List salaries. Here are some hospital decisions that have attracted public backlash. 2019 executive travel junket Five hospital executives and […]
Scalpels, surgeries, sutures and . . . storytelling? All in a day’s work for one London hospital. London Health Sciences Centre has launched a pilot program for seniors facing dementia or declining health and are looking for a creative way to share important moments from their lives, using pictures, videos and narration to tell their […]
Neurosurgeons from the LHSC have successfully performed deep brain stimulation surgery with the help of a robot.
Regional hospitals that depend on a medical supply buying group run by London’s hospitals are watching and waiting for changes, as London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s sever formal ties. Health Materials Management Service, an LHSC-St. Joseph’s partnership launched in 1997, is one of the joint ventures slated for restructuring in the wake of […]
A London car dealership has donated $1 million to fight prostate cancer.