Tag: St. Joseph’s Health Care London
Dream Home: 5 things to know about the latest London hospital lottery
It’s time again for the Dream Lottery, held in support of London’s hospitals.
‘Tiny homes’ project for London war veterans seeks to raise $4M
The group behind a 20-unit tiny home village for homeless veterans in London is hoping to raise at least $4-million from the community.
London surgeon quits medicine in Ontario amid reprimand
A London surgeon has resigned from practising medicine in Ontario and ordered to pay $6,000 in legal costs to the regulator after treating three patients who were family members or close friends. The Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal, the disciplinary arm of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, found Robert Richards […]
‘Poop’ pills to be tested in London for treatment of pancreatic cancer
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 […]
St. Joseph’s hospital rolls out trailblazing treatment for kidney stones
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 […]