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CHEO partners with Winchester District Memorial Hospital to expand regional surgical program
Posted on Friday, April 10, 2026 09:00 AM
April 10, 2026, Ottawa, Ont. –CHEO is expanding the successful regional surgical program to allow kids across the region to access the care they need sooner and further combat growing wait-lists for pediatric surgeries.
In collaboration with Winchester District Memorial Hospital, this innovative program is expanding so CHEO specialists can perform certain lower-complexity day surgeries in a total of five community hospitals across the region, building on the success of the program first launched as a Kids...
Ontario announces annualized funding for Extensive Needs Service
Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2026 09:00 AM
April 9, 2026, Ottawa, Ont. - CHEO, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital welcome the announcement of annualized funding for Ontario’s Extensive Needs Service (ENS), which supports children with urgent, complex developmental needs and their families.
The funding was announced on March 26 in the 2026 Ontario budget, marking an important milestone for the long-term delivery of coordinated, patient and family-centred services across...
Temporary changes to CHEO’s main entrance starting April 6
Posted on Friday, March 27, 2026 08:52 AM
March 30, 2026, Ottawa, ON — The next phase of work on CHEO’s new Integrated Treatment Centrewill temporarily affect access to the main entrance.
These changes will be in place from Monday, April 6 to Friday, May 22, and will have an impact on patients, families and those who work at CHEO.
During this time:
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Para Transpo access to the main entrance will be adjusted.
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Traffic exiting the main entrance drop‑off area will change.
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Some pedestrian paths to the Max Keeping and Main entrances will be closed and redirected.
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How to help kids manage the time change
Posted on Monday, March 02, 2026 03:37 PM
The time change is hard on everyone, but kids can have an especially difficult time adjusting when the clocks fall back and spring ahead one hour.
There are some things you can do to support your child or youth before and after the time change to help soften the impact.
Jean Philippe Chaput, researcher with the CHEO Research Institute, shares these five tips:
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Shift your sleep and wake times 15 minutes earlier in the spring, later in the fall.
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Adjust your routines in the days leading up to the time change to...
CHEO Research Institute’s breakthrough ThinkRare algorithm launches national expansion
Posted on Friday, February 27, 2026 12:40 PM
Feb. 27, 2026, Ottawa, Ont. - The CHEO Research Institute’s world‑first pediatric AI algorithm, ThinkRare, will soon be used in other pediatric centres across Canada – marking one of the first national deployments of a real‑time, clinically embedded AI tool in pediatric care.
The CHEO Research Institute is now collaborating with McMaster Children’s Hospital, who is finalizing external validation and local integration of ThinkRare, and with Alberta Children’s Hospital and Stollery Children’s...