Sainte-Justine Hospital

• Avoid packed ERs at Montreal children’s hospitals if you can, doctors say

  With the holiday season around the corner, health officials held a joint news conference Wednesday about long wait times in their respective emergency rooms.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2023
  
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra serenades patients at children’s hospital with holiday favourites

  Sixteen Montreal Symphony Orchestra musicians went to Sainte-Justine Hospital to serenade patients, parents and staff with holiday music.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2023
  
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• Quebec boy breathing on his own, discharged from hospital after court-ordered extubation

  A boy is being discharged from a Montreal hospital after nearly a year. He is finally able to breathe on his own after being extubated.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2023
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• Child’s breathing tube can be removed despite parents’ protest: Quebec appeal court

  Doctors have been saying the breathing tube should be removed because it's doing more harm than good and that the child should receive end-of-life care .

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2023
• Family to appeal ruling allowing Quebec hospital to remove child’s breathing tube

  A lawyer for the child's parents, says his clients plan to appeal the ruling because they want the hospital to intubate the child if he cannot breathe on his own.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• Quebec coroner says delay in getting to hospital a likely factor in baby’s death

  The coroner is recommending Quebec review its emergency pre-hospital services system and consider offering helicopter evacuations for critically ill patients in remote communities.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• Quebec hospital may remove child’s breathing tube despite parents’ objection: court 

  The Sainte-Justine hospital sued the child's parents because they are refusing to consent to the procedure unless the hospital plans to reintubate the child if things go wrong.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2022
• Quebec sets up crisis management team as Montreal hospital ERs face overcrowding

  Health Minister Christian Dubé announced a crisis management team Wednesday at the provincial legislature as Montreal emergency departments face 'unacceptable' capacity crunches.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Soaring RSV rates in parts of Quebec lead national cases, strain hospital staff

  Soaring cases of respiratory syncytial virus in Quebec have pushed the positivity rate to 15 per cent in Montreal and Quebec City.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2022
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• Kirkland boy collects and donates 1,000 books for the less fortunate

  The 12-year-old's good deed is a part of his Bar Mitzvah celebration. All the books collected will be donated to local hospitals and shelters.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022