Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation

Name :

Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation

Address  :

300 Gordon Street

Town  :

Whitby

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L1N 5T2

Phone  :

905 213 0141

Fax  :

905 665 2406

Web URL  :


Description

Our Mission
Our goal is to help people live fulfilling healthy and independent lives in our community People often take good health for granted so when you a family member or friend needs hospital care you want the best The Foundation raises funds to ensure that Lakeridge Health Whitby has the best patient equipment and programs possible to help people every day
Heart shrinking trial aimed at combating heart failure to begin

The technique involves electrically stimulating nerves leading up to the heart with the hope it will reduce and size and improve life expectancy It has already been trialled on rats and dogs who were found to have been kept alive longer The first patient will be operated on next week by surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and The Royal... Read More

Support Groups A Lifeline for People in the Early Stages of Alzheimers Disease

quotIt was like opening the door to a sunlit roomquot says a member of Phyllis Dycks support group recalling the first time she attended a meeting for people in the early stages of Alzheimers disease Never before had she been with other people who understood what it was like to live with the disease Caregiver support groups have been around for ... Read More