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Finding information about your health shouldn’t be complicated. Healthy Tomorrows is a collection of health stories, insights and tips from experts at The Ottawa Hospital to help you and your family live healthier lives.

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The place to be: The Ottawa Hospital recognized as one of Canada’s most admired corporate cultures

The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) has been named one of Canada’s most admired corporate cultures. Guided by compassion and commitment to patient care, TOH has developed a workplace culture that inspires confidence and trust in our employees, patients and family members.

Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Watch: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands sent us this lovely video message for the Civic’s 100th anniversary

If you’ve ever wondered why tulips are so important to our city, the answer involves a world war, a royal family and The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. In this special video message, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands shares why the tulip is a special symbol of the endearing friendship between her country and Canada.

Volunteer musicians with The Ottawa Hospital’s Musical Moments program
A volunteer program that taps into the power of music

Studies have shown that music can benefit the body, mind, relationships and community. Musical Moments is a program where volunteers play live music to support positive outcomes for patients, visitors and staff.

Skin tone bandages
We’ve got you covered: The Ottawa Hospital now offers bandages for a variety of skin tones

Whenever you’ve scraped your knee or had your blood drawn, odds are your bandage was the same colour every time. Peach has been the default hue for over a century — but no longer at The Ottawa Hospital.

Photo of a custom, resin-cast checkerboard and pieces made by Tania Scott.
Patient gifts a piece of home to Indigenous Cancer Program

Inuit patients can now see and hold a piece of their traditional territory in the Windòcàge Room at the General Campus, thanks to an interactive gift donated to The Ottawa Hospital by a cancer patient.

Don Wisme
Second Chance: Don’s song for the people who saved his life

Making music has always been a big part of Don’s life, so when the staff and doctors at The Ottawa Hospital saved him from the brink of death, he could think of no better way to thank them.

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