Holiday message from the President and CEO
As the holiday season and New Year approaches, it is a natural time to take stock of 2018's highlights and take pride in our excellent care. As I close out my first month as the hospital's new President and CEO, I remain impressed every day by the tremendous skill, passion and compassion of our staff, physicians, volunteers and learners.
Website survey: We want your feedback
North York General Hospital is redesigning our website and your feedback is critical to understanding how we can make it as useful as possible for all its visitors. This survey should not take more than 5 minutes to complete. This is an anonymous survey and no identifying information will be retained. Thank you for participating by the closing date December 19, 2018.
Making each birth a unique story
Each year there are more than 5,000 births at North York General Hospital. "There's something so unique about every single birth story; the experience for a woman and her family is theirs, and no two can ever be duplicated," says Sabrina Ashmead, a Registered Nurse on the Labour and Delivery Unit.
Beat the post-holiday blues
“The holidays can be a joyful time, but they are often paradoxically very stressful,” says Dr. David Koczerginski, Chief of Psychiatry and Medical Program Director of Mental Health at North York General Hospital. A low mood following a busy, festive time is common, according to Dr. Koczerginski, but if you're feeling persistently down for about two weeks, consider that it may be something more
Reducing unnecessary medical care
Significant changes have been made in our hospital's Charlotte & Lewis Steinberg Emergency and Preoperative Assessment Clinic to reduce the number of routine tests administered to patients. Find out how we are improving care.