MGH campus transformation
MGH’s campus transformation continues with major renovation work. Patients and visitors can expect to experience noise, hallway closures and detours around the hospital. Learn more about our campus transformation.
MGH’s campus transformation continues with major renovation work. Patients and visitors can expect to experience noise, hallway closures and detours around the hospital. Learn more about our campus transformation.
On Wednesday, October 14, Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) and 11 other hospitals part of the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN) committed to deliberate and urgent action to eradicate systemic racism within their institutions. In a joint statement, the Hospitals acknowledged that anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism towards patients, colleagues and learners occurs in their institutions and outlined the immediate steps they will take to put an end to it. This includes:
This action was accelerated by the experiences of Joyce Echaquan, a member of the Atikamekw Nation of Manawan, who recorded her shocking treatment during the last hours of her life where her symptoms were dismissed and she was subjected to racist language and behaviour by those whose job it was to care for her.