University Health Network

​​At UHN, the safety of patients, visitors, staff, learners and volunteers is a priority. That's why our Security Operations team offers the Walk-Safe Program, which provides a security guard escort to ensure patients, visitors, staff, learners and volunteers get to and from UHN sites safely. Through the Walk-Safe Program, a security guard can escort any patient, visitor, or TeamUHN member to and/or from: Adjoining hospitals through the tunnel system along University Ave.

Summary A UHN-SickKids partnership is giving adolescent patients access to robotic-assisted pyeloplasty at Toronto General Hospital, combining UHN’s robotic surgery expertise with SickKids’ specialized pediatric care. The minimally invasive approach can shorten surgery times, improve precision and support faster recovery, while creating a collaborative model for pediatric robotic surgery across institutions.

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Hearing challenges are common among older adults, but may go unnoticed. To address this gap, the Hearing Services team implemented a brief screening process for all new admissions to the unit. The protocol takes minutes to complete and combines patient-reported questions with a simple hearing assessment to identify individuals who may benefit from further support.

Researchers at UHN's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have launched a landmark study, known as SHERLOCK, that uses a blood test to detect small traces of cancer that may remain in a patient's body after treatment. The traces are known as molecular residual disease (MRD), small cancer signals in the blood often not detected with standard testing methods, such as CT or MRI scans, or even more invasive tests like tissue biopsies.

More than four decades since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, a generation of patients once told they had no future are living into their senior years. "At the time, it was a death sentence," says Billy Newton-Davis, a 75-year-old theatre performer and recording artist based in Toronto, who was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1986. "There was no cure, no help. It was devastating." HIV is transmitted sexually and through blood.

Cataracts are the most common cause of vision loss in Canada, affecting over 2.5 million Canadians. With various treatment options and highly developed surgeries, vision loss due to cataracts is reversible. What are cataracts? Cataracts occur when the natural lens of the eye becomes cloudy, preventing light rays from passing clearly through the lens and reaching the retina.

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