Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children

McMaster Children’s Hospital Overflowing with Pokémon Go-Related Injuries

August 19, 2016 Alex Kozovski

McMaster Children’s Hospital has begun issuing warning about the hazards of playing the popular Pokémon Go app game, after the hospital’s ER was flooded with Pokémon trainers this past month. The Hamilton, Ont. hospital says at least a dozen kids…

Family

Hospital Fund Needs Your Help to Give Life-Saving Surgery to Kids Around the World

June 16, 2016 Victoria Simpson

As the SickKids Hospital website states, “Where they live shouldn’t determine if they live.” Many children around the world require specialized surgery to save their lives but don’t have access to it. In response to this, SickKids, the world’s second-largest…

Health

‘Absurd’ Price Hike for Infant Seizure Drug: From $33 to $680

November 16, 2015 Alex Kozovski

A drug prescribed in Canada to infants with a rare and dangerous form of epilepsy has jumped 2,000% in price overnight, causing an uproar amongst parents and pediatricians. The rare affliction is West Syndrome, a catastrophic illness that induces infantile…