Your April edition of St. Joe's top stories
Features
Three days. Five ideas to improve health care. One $1,000 prize. The winner is chosen.
St. Joseph's Health System partnered with McMaster University for the inaugural Integrated Comprehensive Care (ICC) Innovation Sprint.

Twenty-five McMaster undergraduate, graduate, and alumni students teamed up in small groups to implement design thinking, identifying a key problem to address and to pitch their idea in front of a panel of judges for a chance to win $1,000.

>> Watch the students pitches and see who rose to the challenge to win the grand prize.
Living a new 'normal' as an organ recipient
It came on suddenly: Forgetfulness, loss of appetite, high blood pressure, and the feeling of being tired all of the time.

The flurry of symptoms fast-tracked Christine Stone into St. Joe’s.
 
The diagnosis: Heart failure,  kidney failure , and fluid in the lungs.
 
  >>   Learn   how Christine’s life changed with an organ donation.
From ordinary to extraordinary
St. Joseph was an ordinary man with an extraordinary task. From the ordinary comes the extraordinary.

At St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, our staff and physicians are tasked similarly every day: Use the ordinary moments to create extraordinary care.

On March 19 – the Feast Day of St. Joseph – with the blessing of the Most Reverend Bishop Douglas Crosby, St. Joseph the statue was raised to his new home at the West 5th campus, a symbol of the ordinary meeting extraordinary. 

>>  Watch the statue being placed in a prominent alcove to reside.
Foundation
Mathew is going the distance because St. Joe’s made an incredible difference to him & his Mom
Learn why Mathew is riding the 70 km with Team Seniors Mental Health to support fundraising for life-changing research. Watch his video!

>> Find out how YOU can go the distance and register for P2A at stjoesfoundation.ca .
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