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December 7, 2017
SickKids closes $300 million offering to fund major infrastructure transformation project
On Monday, December 4, SickKids priced a $300 million offering of Series B Senior Unsecured Debentures and the transaction will close on Thursday, December 7. This is the largest offering by a Canadian hospital or university in the bond market to date.
December 4, 2017
Investing in our future: Time for a ‘moonshot’ to reduce Canada’s childhood mortality
Dr. Michael Apkon, President and CEO of SickKids reflects on the opportunities to enhance value and gauge improvement in the Canadian health-care system. Adapted from a speech to the Empire Club of Canada.
November 30, 2017
Insufficient evidence to guide recommendations on vitamin D in pregnancy
A team led by Dr. Daniel Roth, a clinician-scientist in the Department of Paediatrics and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), found there are still unanswered questions about effects of prenatal vitamin D supplementation on the health of pregnant women and their offspring.
November 30, 2017
A story of SickKids’ first scientist
Perhaps there is no one who knows SickKids’ rich culture of collaboration better than one of its most longstanding scientists and the Hospital’s first basic scientist, Dr. Bibudhendra (Amu) Sarkar.
November 29, 2017
Following successful reductions of the use of uncomfortable nasal swabs and routine unnecessary x-rays for ankle injuries, among others, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is poised to launch phase two of our Choosing Wisely campaign.
November 28, 2017
Ways to give this holiday season: SickKids gift donation guidelines
Being in hospital during the holiday season can be tough for patients and their families. Staff and volunteers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) do their best to create a fun and familiar environment for families, in efforts to normalize the hospital experience.
November 28, 2017
Baby Carter recovers hearing after cochlear implant surgery at only 3 months of age
A ‘magical life-changing moment’ is how parents describe the day their son Carter’s cochlear implants were ‘turned on’ for the first time. Carter Holland, now six months old, received bilateral cochlear implants when he was just three months of age, and is believed to be the youngest person in Canada to undergo this procedure to restore hearing in both of his ears.
November 24, 2017
Terry Fox PROFYLE, a new initiative announced by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) today, is aiming to give the 20 per cent of children and young adults with hard-to-treat cancers another chance to beat their disease.
November 21, 2017
Living with a facial difference
SickKids patients shared their experiences living with facial differences through letters to the star of the new film 'Wonder'. Farah Sheikh, social worker in the Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Programs at SickKids, shares her perspective on helping raise awareness of the emotional and social challenges faced by patients living with a facial difference in their schools, community and in their everyday lives.
November 21, 2017
Jacob Tremblay reunites with patients and hosts screening of Wonder at SickKids
A group of current and former patients from the Craniofacial and Cleft Lip and Palate Programs at SickKids had their chance to walk the red – or rather, blue –carpet on Monday, and to reunite with young Canadian actor Jacob Tremblay.
November 15, 2017
‘Grieving in chunks’: helping kids cope with the death of a loved one
Norah Shaughnessy, Grief Support Coordinator at SickKids, reflects on how children and families can be better supported through their own bereavement experience.
November 14, 2017
Spina bifida repaired in-utero
In a Canadian first, a team from Mount Sinai Hospital and SickKids has repaired a form of spina bifida in a fetus at 25 weeks gestation.