Previously Featured

Previously Featured Stories

We (still) love your stories!

We are always thrilled to hear and share your stories, that's why we will continue to share your patient experiences once they have been moved from our featured page.  

If you would like to share your story with us, please contact Lakeridge Health Foundation at 416-433-4339 or foundation@lakeridgehealth.on.ca

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"I don't know where I would be without it."

'Spectacular experience' inspires local mother Nancy Gummow to support Lakeridge Health Foundation's newest campaign. 

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"After years of suffering, my pain was gone - in just one day!" 

Thanks to an innovative interventional radiology procedure, Carmen's life has turned around. 

 

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"I am so thankful to the amazing doctors and nurses who helped me."

Chris Cobb suffered from a mysterious illness until his medical team at Lakeridge Health uncovered the problem and got him on the right path to recovery. 

 

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"If another emergency happened to my family, I'd feel confident going to Lakeridge Health."                                                                        

When Ashley McKay-Brookes went into labour two months early, her twins boys desperately needed our help.

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"I think it's really important that both hospital sites work well together." 

When Reg had a stroke, he was rushed to Lakeridge Health where he would spend 7 weeks in recovery and receive care across two hospital sites. 

 

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"It's giving that starts the receiving process." 

After 4 years of dialysis treatments through Lakeidge Health, John received a kidney transplant - a generous gift from his neice.  

 

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"Lakeridge Health saved my daughter"

In September, Julie almost lost her daughter to an overdose.  Today, they are closer than ever thanks to Lakeridge Health's Child, Youth and Family Program. 

 

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"They knew what I was capable of before I did"

Two years after a devastating stroke, Ken McCaw is an inspiration to patients at Lakeridge Health.