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Baby in NICU

Let's do it together, Canada

Posted on Friday, October 18, 2019 04:05 PM

This story is from a series of tweets written by Everleigh’s parents, Chris and Tanya, reproduced here with their permission. Thank you Chris and Tanya!

Children's hospitals like CHEO bring amazing amounts of hope to kids, making them into serious little troopers with nothing in the world that can stop them. They also bring hope to parents who are going through the most stressful time of their lives.

That's why if you're going to care about something on October 21, care about our future, care about...

Doctor with iPad administering a hearing test with a child

Hear! Hear! Shoeboxes in Peru

Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 03:00 PM

3,322

That’s how many times, on a recent trip to Peru, that volunteer staff from CHEO and SHOEBOX said “Raise your hand if you hear a noise.”

Hearing loss is an invisible but very common disability. What happens when you can’t hear your mother and learn language? What happens when you can’t hear your lessons?

But hearing loss is very solvable. That’s why Dr. Matthew Bromwich came up with a shoebox-sized audiometer — after which the company making them is now named — that is changing the world of...

A happy Sasha standing outside her front door before going back to school

Sasha goes back to school

Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:28 AM

While six year old Sasha, with her confident grin, may look like your average first grader ready to take on the world, what you can’t tell is that she’s faced a lot of uncertainty in her life and fought hard to get to this moment.

Diagnosed at CHEO with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia at just four years old, Sasha spent many weeks at a time in isolation. When she wasn’t admitted in hospital, she had to be careful being out in public and would wear a mask. She could only play at empty parks and with family...

CHEO bear doing a headstand on a yoga mat

CHEO asked and you answered: fun ideas for self-care

Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019 09:57 AM

To celebrate International Self Care Day on July 24, we asked our Instagram followers how they practice self-care! Self-care can be anything that helps your mental, emotional or physical health. It’s always important to take care of yourself, especially when you’re busy at work or school, dealing with stressful life situations or feeling down.

We received lots of great feedback. Here’s a snapshot of some things people do, and we want to share these ideas with you in case it inspires you.

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Volunteer and mother receiving safety award

At CHEO, volunteers make a difference every day

Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2019 09:51 AM

Photo (L – R): Ann Lynch, Chief Nurse Executive and Vice-President Acute Care, Jessie (Addison’s mom), Rick Patch, Patient Safety Ambassador, and Stephanie Poirier, Manager of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk.

 

Today, December 5, is International Volunteer Day — a global celebration of volunteers, highlighting the impact of volunteer efforts everywhere.

At CHEO, volunteers play a valuable role in everything we do.

Volunteers like Rick Patch, one of our Patient Safety Ambassadors, recently helped...

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