MEDIA ADVISORY - EVENT & PHOTO OP - One Thousand Women. One Thousand Voices.
One Hospital Reinvented To Meet Their Needs.

After extensive research with 1,000 women from across Ontario,
Women's College Hospital announces its new state-of-the-art facility
centered on their specific needs

TORONTO, Sept. 23 /CNW/ -

A hospital that keeps you out of hospital. It seems counterintuitive, but with complex health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, migraine and mental illness on the rise, preventing and helping women manage their diseases, while enabling them to continue to live a normal life at home, is increasingly important.

A hospital that responds to women's cultural, religious, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation and life circumstance. It seems fundamental, but in fact many women, particularly female patients, don't feel they receive enough respect or attention to their individual needs.

A hospital that is Ontario's only ambulatory hospital focused on women's health.  It's health care for women revolutionized.  Women's College Hospital, along with The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and women from all walks and stages of life, will unveil how Women's College Hospital is changing - its building, its services and the care women and their families receive. The Hospital also will unveil the research conducted with 1,000 women from Ontario's diverse population, revealing the challenges women experience when it comes to their health-care.

WHO: 

• Marilyn Emery, President and CEO, Women's College Hospital
• Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe, Physician (endocrinologist), Women's College Hospital
• Barbara Tabuno, 23-year-old cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patient at Women's College Hospital.

And

• The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

Including representatives from:

• Sistering
• Equality for Gays and Lesbians
• Aga Khan Council of Canada
• Women's Health in Women's Hands
• Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
• Nellie's Shelter

PHOTO:				An eight-foot, three dimensional mock-up of the new hospital unveiled by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care along side women representing Toronto's diverse communities. Together, they will put their mark on the new building.
WHERE:				Front entrance of Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto
WHEN:				Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 1:00 p.m.

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