Neurology Residents' Clinic

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Richard Riopelle of the M.U.H.C. has set up a Neurology Residents' Teaching Clinic at the Q.E.H.C. Specialists Clinic. This 6 month pilot project has been extremely successful and has helped many neurology patients to be seen quickly by a physician. Senior neurology residents have been requesting such a clinic for many years as it gives them excellent exposure to a community based clinic where they are able to follow up on their own patients. We are hoping that this type of clinic will be the future model for residents from other medical specialities and that the Neurology Residents' Clinic will be set up at the Q.E.H.C. on a more permanent basis.

Digital Screens

Some of you may have noticed the 3 new digital screens in the complex. They are located in the waiting areas of the Walk-In Clinic, Radiology and Medical Specialists Clinic. These screens, which offer health tips to the public, are also an opportunity for tenants and other contracts to promote their services. As well, we are working on providing news updates and the weather report in a band on the bottom of the screen. For anyone who may be interested in promoting their services on the screens, please contact KAZOO DIGITAL at (514) 529-6655.

Annual QEHC Volunteer Luncheon

This year’s volunteer luncheon was held at Pasta Casareccia on April 21/2010. We took this opportunity to thank our wonderful Q.E.H.C. volunteers for the countless hours they put in to make the QEHC the wonderful and special place it is. Special anniversary service pins were given to the following volunteers:

5 years - Yvan Sauvé
5 years - Oscar Gill
10 years - Barbara Boudot
20 years - Francis Chauvin
30 years - Doris France
30 years - Alla Antonovych

As well, a special guest was Geraldine Donovan who was honoured for giving an amazing 44 years to the Q.E.H. and Q.E.H.C. She is moving to Ottawa to be closer to her family. We wish her the best of health and much happiness. We thank all of our volunteers for their endless commitment, their precious gift of time and their beautiful smiles.

Raising Funds to Fight Cancer

Thank you to all our volunteers who helped make Daffodil Day and National Denim Day such a success. The amounts raised were as follows:

National Denim Day Society (CURE Foundation) for an amount of $350.00

Daffodil Day (Canadian Cancer Society) for an amount of $1432.00

Much thanks to our volunteers and our supporters.

Q.E.H.C. Strategic Planning Session

We would like to thank all our tenants who contributed to our strategic planning session with their input regarding our mission. Much thanks to those of you who took the time to do this.

QEHC Community Services

Major Campaign
The Moving ahead: going digital and sustainable for better health Campaign to digitize the QEHC’s Imaging Department and renovate the first floor of the Complex is going well. As of May 5th 2010, we are proud to announce that $1,041,755.00 has been raised which represents 52% of our goal of $2 million dollars. We are halfway to success!

The dynamic Campaign Committee, co-chaired by the dedicated Tony Fargnoli from Tony Shoes and François Hudon from BMO, is made up of Richard Clare, Marvin Corber, Domenico D’Alesio, Dr. Martin Dawes, Victoria Esposito, Sheila Goldbloom, Miriam Green, Michael Huband, Joan Ivory, François Landry, Michael McMaster, Alex Paterson, Antonia Pietroniro, Cynthia Price, Tim Price, Henry Rosenblum, Corinne Sévigny, Pierrette Sévigny, Morris Shiveck and Nancy Wright.

Thanks to our generous donors for their wonderful support. Their contribution makes the difference !

Annual Gala
QEHC Community Services is holding its 7th annual fundraising gala Under the Tuscan Sun on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Parisian Laundry, located at 3550 Saint-Antoine Street West.

Chaired by Paul Coffin, the members of the organizing committee – Robert Anderson, Sandy Cochrane, Domenico D’Alesio, Janet Rankin Hambleton, Annic Lavertu, Brian Marcil, Mia Piccinin and Irene Tschernomor – are hard at work to make this event a great success.

Guests will have the opportunity to sample great Tuscan wines, generously donated by Gino Berretta from Berretta Wines, feast on a fabulous buffet graciously offered by Vago Restaurant (located on Greene avenue), listen to the wonderful tunes of The Fundamentals, and bid on exciting items at our silent auction.

The funds raised by our event will be used to digitize the QEHC Breast Cancer Detection Center. The QEHC operates one of Quebec’s 16 accredited Breast Cancer Detection Centers where over 7,000 mammograms are performed annually.

Tickets for Under the Tuscan Sun are $150 each and are on sale at the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex by calling (514) 485-5018, at Tony Shoes, 1346 Greene Avenue, and at Westmount Florist, 360 Victoria Avenue.