Wednesday February 22 2012
Keeping in touch with the Community

Researchers affiliated with the Chomedey-based Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital are developing innovative new technologies with the potential to make shopping easier for the elderly and the handicapped, and which may one day be used on a global basis.

Chomedey Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette has announced that three health-care institutions in Laval will receive a total of $14,354,224 in funding from Quebec this year to maintain and renovate their capital assets as well as to replace or refurbish their furniture and equipment.

Vimont Liberal MNA Vincent Auclair has announced that the the long-term care facility CHSLD de Laval Vigi l’Orchidée blanche will be receiving $316,720 this year to maintain and upgrade its buildings and to improve its equipment.

Two of Laval’s largest agencies for the treatment of behavioral problems among young people will be receiving nearly $2.9 million in additional funding this year to refurbish their facilities and replace aging or obsolete equipment.

Better health and social services will be available to Laval’s senior citizens in the coming year following an announcement by Quebec of $14.6 million in additional and recurring annual funding for that purpose.

Fabre Liberal MNA Michelle Courchesne, who is also the minister responsible for the Laval region in the Charest cabinet, helped unveil one of the latest additions to Quebec’s public health system last week

Support workers from the social services sector in the Laval region heard the advice of two motivational speakers during a half-day conference on the impacts of substance abuse and dependency held at the Château Royal on Nov. 23.

INSPQ analyst pleased
“The response has been unbelievable,” Mary Richardson of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, which partnered with NPI Laval Agape to stage the two consultation meetings held on separate weekends at Laval Liberty and Laurier Senior high schools, said in an interview with the Laval News towards the conclusion of the second session on Nov. 26.

On Nov. 2, the City of Laval and the Corporation d’urgences-santé signed a protocol of agreement for the provision of automated external defibrillators in 20 or so Laval Police cars as well as in vehicles operated by the city’s Service for the Protection of Citizens.

The seasonal flu in Québec generally runs from December to March or April. However, sometimes the season is earlier or extends.

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