ECMO
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Wife of Norfolk County farmer who survived COVID-19 to run 90 km for Hamilton fundraiserSarah VanNetten and some of her gym buddies will running to help a HHS fundraising campaign to purchase ECMO machines.HealthSep 23, 2021
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Norfolk farmer goes home after months in Hamilton ICU with COVID-19Hospitalized for nearly three months, Mike VanNetten bid farewell to a number of Hamilton doctors and nurses who aided his recovery.HealthJul 1, 2021
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HHS hospitals to ramp up non-urgent surgeries, ease visitor policies as COVID-19 numbers dropExecs with Hamilton Health Sciences are hoping to achieve about 70 per cent in surgical volume by next week.HealthJun 10, 2021
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Hamilton reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, HHS says drop in ICU cases continues to be slowHamilton Health Sciences is reporting a slow decline with COVID-19 cases in ICU's despite a quicker drop in hospitalizations.HealthMay 28, 2021
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When a ventilator isn’t enough: Why younger COVID-19 patients can need artificial lungsAs COVID-19 variants push younger patients into Canadian ICUs, medical teams are resorting to artificial lungs, or ECMO, to save them.HealthApr 26, 2021
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‘I thought she was dead’: Woman revived after 6 hours in cardiac arrestBritish woman Audrey Mash developed hypothermia that caused her heart to stop while hiking in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain.TrendingDec 6, 2019
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Woman credits St. Boniface Hospital tech and expert care for saved lifeA Winnipeg woman owes her life to the care and specialized technology at St. Boniface Hospital. Erin Thomas suffered a heart attack in February 2017.HealthJul 12, 2018
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Moving the Children’s: A nurse’s walk down memory laneKathy Kehoe started working as a nurse in May of 1979. The mother of three spent most of her career working the overnight shift in the neo-natal intensive care unit at the Montreal Children's Hospital.CanadaMay 20, 2015
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‘Stars aligned’ for miraculous recovery of Calgary woman trapped in tree wellChristine Newman's recovery is thanks to an extraordinary chain of responses - and one doctor who was able to put all the pieces together.Apr 5, 2014
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