Medicine

The Medicine Program at Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) provides patient-centered, high-quality care to patients and their families. The program consists of a wide range of services, including:  

• General Internal Medicine 

• In-patient Units 

• Cardiac Critical Care  

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 

• Outpatient Clinics

MGH is proud to have one of the few progressive weaning centres in Ontario. This patient-focused program applies state-of-the-art care to wean many patients off ventilators and support recovery from prolonged critical illness. Our program accepts applications from critical care units around the province. 

Our interprofessional teams provide excellent care to acutely ill patients followed by a safe and timely transition to the next level of care.  

Our teams consist of a wide range of health professionals, including:  

• Registered nurses and registered practical nurses 

• Personal support workers  

• Clinical resource leaders  

• Nurse practitioners 

• Physicians and physician assistants  

• Pharmacists  

• Dietitians  

• Physiotherapists (PT) and PT assistants  

• Occupational therapists (OT) and OT assistants  

• Respiratory therapists  

• Transition navigators  

• Speech language pathologists 

MEDICINE SERVICES 

• Cardiology (heart care) 

• Respirology (Chest Centre) 

• Oncology (Cancer Care) 

• Critical Care 

• Long Stay Critical Care Program (LSP)   

• Nephrology (Kidney) 

• Infection Prevention and Control 

• Provincial Prolonged-Ventilation Weaning Centre of Excellence  

• Neurology/Stroke care (Brain)

INPATIENT MEDICINE UNITS 

• T9 – Respirology (Chest Centre), Nephrology (kidney care), and Provincial Prolonged-Ventilation Weaning Centre of Excellence 

• T8 – Neurology (brain and stroke care), acute care for the elderly, and telemetry 

• T7 – General Internal Medicine and Oncology (cancer care) 

• A3, B3 – General Internal Medicine 

• J2 - Critical Care and Cardiac Critical Care 

OUTPATIENT MEDICINE CLINICS 

• Geriatric Assessment 

• General Medical Clinic 

• Medical Assessment Clinic 

• Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinics

VIRTUAL AND TRANSITIONAL MEDICINE PROGRAMS 

• Virtual Ward  

• Remote Care Monitoring (for frail elderly and respiratory patients)  

• MGH2Home  

TRANSITIONS IN CARE: REPATRIATION 

There may be occasions where your care requirements need to be delivered at another hospital in the Greater Toronto Area. In these cases, MGH will send you to another hospital to receive this specialized care or treatment.  

Once you no longer need specialized care but aren’t quite ready to go home yet, you may need to return to MGH: this is called repatriation. Each hospital has a process to manage repatriations. Your care team will tell you if you will be transferred back to MGH and will support this transition. Learn more about repatriation in Ontario.