Success Stories
Celebrating Our Successes and the Teams Who Made Them Possible:
Each year we reflect on the previous twelve months as we prepare ourselves for the year to come. This year, we can look back with pride and a sense of team accomplishment when we consider the successes we achieved together.
Success is measured in different ways, but at The Ottawa Hospital we take pride in the success we see with patient care, research, management, development, crisis response and the evolution of our hospital.
We’ve selected three stories showcasing the values and team effort that have enabled us to work towards our vision of providing each patient with the world class care, exceptional service and compassion we would want for our loved ones.
One Life:
An H1N1 Patient's Story
We’re all accustomed to the common cold or flu, which normally takes affect with changes of the season and follows a predictable pattern. The H1N1 influenza strain, however, is anything but normal.
Cancer Centre: Better Access for our Community
Expanding our Cancer Centre means TOH can better care for the community closer to home, provide easier access and less added inconvenience for patients, their caregivers or loved ones. In January, a new building was expanded at the General Campus to host cancer and research services, and in April, a satellite site opened at the Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH).
Regenerative Medicine: Renovating the Body
Dr. Duncan Stewart and a team at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute are at the forefront of a new frontier in health research and the quest for better ways to cure disease. They are leaders in a revolutionary new field called regenerative medicine, which seeks to repair and rebuild damaged tissues and organs using the body’s own building blocks, including stem cells, genes and biomaterials.
