Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation

Name :

Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation

Address  :

300 Gordon Street

Town  :

Whitby

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L1N 5T2

Phone  :

905 213 0141

Fax  :

905 665 2406

Web URL  :


Description

Our Mission
Our goal is to help people live fulfilling healthy and independent lives in our community People often take good health for granted so when you a family member or friend needs hospital care you want the best The Foundation raises funds to ensure that Lakeridge Health Whitby has the best patient equipment and programs possible to help people every day
Heart shrinking trial to combat heart failure to begin

A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients with heart failure is about to start in Liverpool It will involve electrically stimulating one of the nerves leading to the heart which it is hoped could shrink the heart and improve life expectancy This is the first trial of the technique in humans after it was shown to keep rats and... Read More

Not all ICUs need a specialist at night study

The results published in the New England Journal of Medicine counter an argument from some in the medical community that ICUs need roundtheclock intensivists doctors who specialize in critical care quotOur knee jerk reaction is to try to put intensivists in every ICU at all hours of the day and that reaction is likely a misstep because it overs... Read More