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Dom lives and breathes Osler’s values as a respiratory therapist

For the last 20 years, Dom has worked as a registered Respiratory Therapist (RT) at Etobicoke General Hospital. He is the team lead of the RT program across the site and is a core member of the Critical Care Unit, caring for some of the hospital’s sickest patients.

Dom cares for patients at all stages of life, from newborns to end of life care and all of the populations in between. “Our goal, first and foremost, is to establish airways and ensure the patient is breathing. If you can't breathe, we're...

Dr. Herman's five tips to a safe and healthy fall season

Dr. Jaclyn Herman, MD CCFP (EM), is Osler's Interim Corporate Chief of Emergency Services and previously served as the Site Chief for Etobicoke General Hospital's Emergency Department and Physician Lead for the Urgent Care Centre at Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness. Dr. Herman completed medical school and residency at the University of Toronto and her Emergency Medicine training at McGill University.

With the fall season upon us, it’s important to do everything we can to protect...

Osler celebrates five-year anniversary of Peel Memorial and the future of health care in Brampton

Mayor Patrick Brown and members of Brampton City Council among dignitaries in attendance

Today, William Osler Health System (Osler) welcomed His Worship Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, along with City Councillor Jeff Bowman (Wards 3 & 4), Regional Councillor Martin Medeiros (Wards 3 & 4) and Regional Councillor Pat Fortini (Wards 7 & 8) to Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness (Peel Memorial) to mark five years since it opened its doors. Local dignitaries and leaders...

How understanding stigma around mental illness can help us dismantle it

The first step to dismantling stigma around mental illness is understanding where it comes from and how it impacts people, according to Marlene, Recreation Therapist, Mental Health and Addictions.

Marlene runs an anti-stigma group in Brampton Civic Hospital’s inpatient mental health program. With the support of the group, patients focus on their strengths, turning them into superpowers. Marlene gives us the 101 on the group and shares some tips for breaking down the stigma around mental illness in...

Osler’s Brampton Civic Hospital celebrates 15 years of exemplary care

Yesterday, William Osler Health System (Osler) welcomed Graham McGregor, MPP for Brampton North; Hardeep Grewal, MPP for Brampton East; Amarjot Sandhu, MPP for Brampton West; His Worship Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton; and other dignitaries to Osler’s Brampton Civic Hospital to mark the hospital’s upcoming 15th anniversary. To recognize the hospital’s years of quality, compassionate care to the community, a commemorative tree planting ceremony took place on hospital grounds, followed by a dignitary...