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The profound affect that kids and families have on everyone at CHEO
Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:54 AM
The profound affect that kids and families have on everyone at CHEO
At CHEO, families matter — babies and parents, kids and grandparents, youth and caregivers. Their love and their strength, their perseverance, hopes, goals, laughter, smiles, anxieties, joy and sorrow affect everyone at CHEO.
Dan Collins, a project manager with Information Services, was leading a team refurbishing the CHEO Pharmacy computer network — not a role that usually has personal contact with patients and families.
“I had...
‘Thank you for letting a little girl grow up’ – Kate’s story
Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:05 AM
We recently received this heartwarming story from Kate. Now a happily married mother of two, Kate has never forgotten the day her life changed forever and the role CHEO played in helping her live her #BestLife.
It was September 25th, 1993. I was four years old when I was in a serious motor vehicle accident just outside Perth, Ontario. I was stabilized in Perth before I was flown to CHEO.
At the time of my accident, CHEO was on a scheduled shutdown to modify power supply,...
Leader Rounding — it’s about making connections
Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 02:14 PM
Leader rounding – it’s about making connections
All health care organizations value feedback. At CHEO it’s one of the ways we ensure we achieve our vision of providing the best life for every child and youth. For families with sick children who spend a great deal of time at CHEO, their time is a valued commodity and filling out surveys isn’t always top of mind. Our hematology/oncology team took this to heart and wanted to create a simple, quick way to capture family feedback instantly – so...
“Chris felt seen as a person": the power of gender-affirming care
Posted on Monday, August 23, 2021 08:24 AM
Aside from our names, pronouns are one of the most common ways we identify the people around us. Honouring and respecting the pronouns that others go by is something we can all do to help foster inclusive and caring spaces.
At CHEO, providing gender-affirming care by making sure that every child, youth and caregiver is referred to with their preferred name and pronouns is one more way we can help every child and youth live their best life and be their full, authentic self.
Hear from one family, who...
Listen to our latest podcast episode featuring Dr. Melanie Buba
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2021 09:40 AM
Enjoy “Walk in our shoes,” a new podcast about working — and in this episode, volunteering — at CHEO during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are brief conversations with CHEO’s president and CEO, Alex Munter.
Latest episode: Dr. Melanie Buba, hospital pediatrician and Medical Director of Medical Inpatient Services
This episode is a conversation between Alex and Dr. Melanie Buba, a CHEO hospital pediatrician and the medical director of medical inpatient services. Melanie is a proud graduate of the...