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    Physiotherapists at CHEO have created a bilingual video series as part of an education campaign that encourages children and youth to move while receiving chemotherapy to avoid long-term complications.

    This groundbreaking eight-part video series — By CHEO - May 30, 2025

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    Thanks to a rapid, coordinated response, seven in 10 babies born at eastern Ontario hospitals received protection from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, during the first season of Ontario’s new immunization program — a major step forward in safeguarding infant health.

    This feat was accomplished thanks to leadership from CHEO and Kids Come First, which mobilized rapidly once Ontario launched its publicly funded protection program for RSV in November 2024.

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    The lights in CHEO’s Emergency Department shone brightly through the late night. 

    CHEO nurse Gabrielle White had barely slept, sitting with a mother whose daughter had just been diagnosed with leukemia.

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    Melanie Rochon has spent 25 years making children smile as a dental hygienist at CHEO. But behind her own bright smile is a story of struggle and relentless advocacy — one that changed the lives of hundreds of Canadian families just like hers.

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    In workshops across Ottawa and the surrounding region, 13 dedicated woodworking volunteers are hard at work—crafting customized therapy equipment for children in CHEO’s Children’s Treatment Centre (CTC). They build in their own time, from garages and basements, transforming raw materials into tools that help kids gain comfort, mobility and independence.

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    The new CHEO Integrated Treatment Centre is one step closer to reality as construction begins.

    Construction of the new, fully accessible and state-of-the-art treatment centre began with a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

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    After years of planning and hard work, CHEO has reached a significant milestone by finalizing the design for the new Integrated Treatment Centre on its Smyth Road campus as shovels enter the ground spring 2025.

    The treatment centre, which will be built in front of the main CHEO building, will significantly enhance care and coordination while improving access to services for children and youth living with complex medical, developmental, behavioural, and mental health needs.

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    CHEO has launched a specialized weekly community clinic that brings care and support closer to neurodiverse children and youth, and their families.

    Hunter Nicholas, 13, lives with autism and has an extreme needle phobia.

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    Children and youth who are medically complex, fragile, and technology dependent are the one-percenters, visiting the hospital potentially dozens of times a year, which can leave some parents and caregivers feeling overwhelmed, wading through an equally complex health-care system.

    That is why CHEO's Outpatient Complex Care program serves such a valuable and impactful role, creating one cohesive team of decision-makers — including CHEO clinicians, local community organizations and families — that focuses on proactive and preventative.

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