Health Sciences North

In the past 20 years, Sudbury has evolved into northeastern Ontario’s de facto regional health-care hub. [...]

  Excavators are tearing through the asphalt, as work has started on the  Learners’ Centre outside of the Emergency Department at Health Sciences North (HSN). The 28,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility will serve as a training ground for future doctors, nurses, lab technicians, paramedics and other health professionals. Construction is expected to take 18 months, [...]

The PET Scan Suite is being built on stilts at the back of the Ramsey Lake Health Centre. This includes a 4,500 sq. ft. expansion of HSN’s Nuclear Medicine Department, located on Level 2. [...]

In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, HSN reported a $7.13-million deficit and was on a path to exceed that number for the 2017-18 fiscal year by nearly $3 million. [...]

A PET scanner allows doctors to able to better diagnose cancers, as well as other illnesses such as dementia and lung disease. [...]

Read Patricia Mills' blog: The dummy – it is really a highly-sophisticated, state-of-the-art mannequin used to train health care workers. [...]

The CASPR Leadership Award recognizes a CASPR member who has demonstrated a superior commitment and passion for physician attraction, recruitment, and retention. [...]

Shriners in Sudbury and Toronto presented a cheque for $15,000 to the Pediatric BOTOX® clinic at NEO Kids, the children’s outpatient centre at Health Sciences North. [...]

Pro hockey players (left to right) Andrew Desjardins (San Jose Sharks), Nick Foligno (Columbus Blue Jackets), Derek MacKenzie (Florida Panthers), Marcus Foligno (Buffalo Sabres) and Zack Stortini (Norfolk Admirals) visit, play mini-sticks and sign autographs for the children in the Pediatric Oncology Unit of the Northeast Cancer Centre at HSN.  The Pediatric Oncology Unit of [...]

  Dr. Rebecca McClure, Health Sciences North (NC) The pace of medical research is picking up, and one place that’s attracting top talent is Sudbury. Dr. Rebecca McClure is one of the new faces of health research in Sudbury. McClure was a top researcher in molecular pathology at the Mayo Clinic, but she was recruited [...]