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    Meet Ashley Hilliard, Recreation Therapist at CHEO.

    For Ashley, CHEO is a special place.

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    Meet Chloe Soleimani, Service Planning Coordinator with Urgent Response Services

    In February 2010, Chloe Soleimani took her first walk through CHEO’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) as she prepared to begin a new job as a clerk in the unit.

    That day, and that role, changed her life.

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    Meet Michelle Vander Meer, Health Care Aide on Inpatient Surgery

    Michelle first came to know CHEO through her older brother. Throughout his teen years, he had multiple surgeries and Michelle would come to visit him in hospital to brighten his day.

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    Meet Isabelle Moss, Specialty Technologist in MRI

    Isabelle was diagnosed with a Common Variable Immunodeficiency in 2011. From that moment on, she became part of the CHEO family.

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    Barry Bickerton recalls the life-altering phone call to his mom Winnifred “Winnie” May Bickerton in 1969. That phone call would lead to Winnie being hired as the first employee of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (later changed to CHEO) as a bookkeeper.

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    Meet Alaa Abashar, Patient Experience Lead in the Emergency Department

    “Growing up, I always knew I wanted to work with kids,” says Alaa. “I didn’t know how exactly, but I knew it was something I was meant to do.

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    CHEO has taken the express lane in the past year to grow and transform thanks to historic government funding, which has helped Ottawa’s pediatric hospital shorten wait-lists, hire more staff, and capitalize on innovation to provide the best care to every child and youth.

    Last July, after years of advocacy alongside the By CHEO - Jul 17, 2024

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    Meet Scarlett Montserrat Sanabria-Ramos, Administrative Assistant with the Consultation Liaison Team

    “CHEO is more than just a hospital; it is a beacon of hope, love, and inspiration for our family,” says Scarlett.

    Growing up in Mexico City, Scarlett spent her childhood battling severe asthma attacks due to the city's thick smog.

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    For CHEO staff, Arielle Roy and Kayla Dudas, a small step for their patients represents a major sign of progress.

    Roy, an inpatient physiotherapist, and Dudas, an inpatient occupational therapist (OT), are members of a team that helps children admitted to CHEO who require physical rehabilitation.

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    Meet Mustafa Tawfiq, Arabic Interpreter with the Patient Experience team

    “Throughout my journey, I have been committed to gaining people’s trust and supporting them. I feel obliged to be a positive member of society,” says Mustafa.

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