Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto East Health Network

12/23/2025

If you find yourself needing care during the holidays, check out the places below:

👉 For an urgent, non-life-threatening health issue, consider one of these resources in East Toronto: tehn.ca/PlacesToGetCare.

👉 For an urgent, potentially life-threatening health issue, our Emergency Department remains open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

We appreciate your kindness and patience as our team does their best to provide urgent care for patients as safely and quickly as possible.

12/22/2025

MGH’s Psychiatric Emergency Zone (PEZ) is a new model that will improve mental health and substance use care for patients in the Stavro Emergency Department (ED).

Across Toronto, demand for psychiatric care is at an all-time high, and many patients with significant complexities must wait in emergency departments before being admitted.

The PEZ has:

🥼 Increased staffing and specialized care
🫶 New capacity to accommodate children and youth
⬆️ Improved patient flow
🏥 Enhanced spaces for patients and staff

Thank you to Ontario Hospital Association for sharing this important service!

With psychiatric and substance-use needs at an all-time high across Toronto and more patients waiting in emergency departments for specialized care, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto East Health Network has opened its new Psychiatric Emergency Zone (PEZ).

Some of the key improvements in the new PEZ care model include increased staffing and specialized care, capacity to accommodate children and youth, improved patient flow through coordinated efforts, and enhanced spaces for patients and staff.

By creating a safer, more responsive environment for people in crisis, this model strengthens mental health and substance-use care within the Stavro Emergency Department and ensures patients receive the tailored, compassionate support they need when it matters most. Learn more: https://ow.ly/PSfZ50XH8eK

12/22/2025

Winter is a time for fun, family and friends, but it’s also time for bacteria and viruses. 🦠

Check out these top tips from Victoria Serapion, Infection Prevention Practitioner at MGH, to help you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy this winter season! ❄️

12/19/2025

Every year, hospitals plan on respiratory season bringing a surge in patient volumes. How does MGH plan to continue to provide high-quality, patient-centred care as the volume of patients increases?

Part of the plan is to scale the frontline: accelerate the hiring of nurses and ensure new hires can be onboarded, trained and ready to practice safely and confidently within tight timelines.

“It’s a testament to the culture of teamwork at MGH to see how quickly teams mobilized towards helping our nurses onboard. Within two weeks, MGH was able to build our capacity to onboard up to 80 nurses a month,” says Wendy Cheuk, Director of Nursing, Interprofessional Practice & Education, Patient Experience, Spiritual Health, Academic Affairs & Ethics.

👉 Learn more about how MGH adapted and scaled up our nursing onboarding program in our Newsroom: https://bit.ly/4oZxNbf

12/18/2025

This week MGH staff, physicians, volunteers and learners took home a ready-to-eat holiday appreciation meal!

We hope everyone enjoyed the prepared meal with loved ones and spent time resting and recharging. Thank you for all that you do. 💚

Thank you to Berna and Myron Garron & Doug Farley for your generous support in making this holiday meal possible.

12/18/2025

our Emergency Department offers same-day or next-day appointments for minor injuries like sprains, fractures and small broken bones?

This helps ensure you and your family get the care you need in an easy and convenient way that’s close to home.

Learn more or book an appointment: tehn.ca/MinorInjuryED

12/18/2025

We have a lot to be proud of at MGH, and this holiday season, we’re saying thanks and celebrating our 2025 achievements and the people that made them. 🫶

Many of our successes this year were made possible by you – our dedicated teams, donors, partners and community.

In addition to supporting our hospital’s areas of greatest need and emerging opportunities, you helped us:

✅ Bring the benefits of robotic-assisted surgery to more patients with the purchase of a new da Vinci Surgical System

✅ Fund a new scribe tool in our Stavro Emergency Department (ED) that helps physicians save time so they can see more patients (Fun fact: some of these donors were also ED physicians!)

✅ Purchase a new CT Scanner which will help reduce wait times and catch diseases earlier – our new machine arrives early 2026

✅ Enable expansion of our Cedric E. Ritchie Cath Lab, building capacity to diagnose and treat more heart patients

💝 Read more about our 2025 achievements: https://bit.ly/44XQ3KG

12/17/2025

👋 Meet Daniel Chilton, our new Indigenous Patient Navigator at MGH!

In this role, Daniel supports First Nations, Inuit and Métis patients and families as they navigate care and access culturally safe support. His role includes:

⌚ Supporting care planning from admission to discharge
🤝 Helping patients navigate hospital services and language needs
🤲 Connecting patients with cultural and spiritual resources
🌿 Supporting access to traditional practices, medicines and ceremonies
📄 Assisting with Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) and transportation
🗣️ Providing advocacy and communication support with healthcare teams
👥 Connecting patients and families with community resources

“Being Indigenous in healthcare also comes with a lot of history and emotion. I’ve seen firsthand how trust can be lost and how powerful it can be when it’s rebuilt. That’s why I take this role seriously,” says Daniel.

🔗 Learn more about Daniel, including his background and what this new role means for Indigenous patients, families and the community: https://bit.ly/4s08kRE

12/16/2025

We have a lot to be proud of at MGH, and this holiday season, we’re saying thanks and celebrating our 2025 achievements and the people that made them. 🫶

Many of our successes this year were made possible by you – our dedicated teams, donors, partners and community.

This year, we made significant strides on our transformative redevelopment project. This includes:

🏗️ Unveiling the new home on G1 of the volunteer-led General Store
🏗️ Closing our A, B and C Wings to prepare for their removal as part of our historic redevelopment project
🏗️ Heading into the final year of our campus transformation with the demolition of the historic A, B, C and F Wings

💝 Read more about our 2025 achievements: https://bit.ly/44XQ3KG

12/15/2025

The festive spirit was on full display at MGH as our teams took part in a gingerbread house decorating contest! Check out some of the sweet ideas they baked up, including a replica of our hospital. 🏥

From gumdrop roofs to candy cane fences, thank you to all teams for your creativity in creating mini winter wonderlands. ☃️

12/15/2025

MGH's Extensive Needs Service (ENS) recently opened its new and improved treatment rooms! Our ENS spaces provide a calm, fun and sensory-friendly environment for children with complex needs.

This MGH program, a partnership with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, has supported more than 1,000 patient visits since it opened last year, and the program expanded its capacity this year by 30 percent.

🔗 Learn more about the ENS program: https://bit.ly/49ZX699

12/15/2025

MGH’s Extensive Needs Service (ENS) recently opened its new and improved treatment rooms! Our ENS spaces provide a calm, fun and sensory-friendly environment for children with complex needs.

This MGH program, a partnership with , has supported more than 1,000 patient visits since it opened last year, and the program expanded its capacity this year by 30 percent 🎉