Ottawa Hospital - Riverside Campus

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Name :

Ottawa Hospital - Riverside Campus

Address  :

1967 Riverside Dr

Town  :

Ottawa

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

K1H 7W9

Phone  :

613 722 7000

Web URL  :

Ottawa Hospital  Riverside Campus
Transplanting lungs from smokers worthwhile

Lung transplant patients who receive the organs from smokers have better chances of survival than those who stay on waiting lists a British study suggests Nearly 40 per cent of the lungs that are available for transplant including those in Canada are from smokers Rejection of this donororgan resource would increase waitinglist mortality and i... Read More

Health care turns deadly

CORNWALL The prognosis is not good for the Canadian health system according to William Charney and Michael Hurley who brought their message to Cornwall Thursday As many as 63000 Canadians will die from a medical error or hospitalacquired infection this year making it the second leading cause of death they say They say research shows 18 of Ca... Read More