Hospital News

Six years ago on April 14, 2013, Bridgepoint moved from the half-round building into a new purpose-built hospital. Since then, the 10th floor unit has remained unoccupied.
There was always a vision for this unit – a unit envisioned to specifically meet the needs of our palliative patients and their families.  It was designed with 24 single private rooms, space for family members to spend the night and direct access to our rooftop terrace.
This past fall, the...
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Wartraud Erler was travelling home late one night from her regular volunteer work when she made a kind gesture that changed her life. She offered a young couple her seat on the subway so that they could sit together. The moment she got up to move, the stopping motion of the train threw her off balance and she fell, fracturing her hip. Wartraud was unable to move and lay on the cold floor of the subway while first responders determined the best way to transfer her into an ambulance....
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Dr. Kim Coros, a Physiatrist at Bridgepoint, leads a double life. Four days a week she’s at the hospital working with patients on the Neurologic Rehabilitation unit. One day a week, she’s at the Athletics Canada training hub or Canadian Sport Institute, working with Olympic, Paralympic, and other high-performance athletes.
As a Physiatrist, Dr. Coros has expertise in the functioning of muscles, bones and nerves. There are some definite contrasts between the populations...
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In a 2016 issue of Sinai Health Magazine, Helga Humphrey shared her story of recovering from a fractured spine, a journey that started in Mount Sinai’s Emergency Department and then a seamless transition to rehabilitation at Bridgepoint. We followed up with Helga to find out how she’s doing, almost three years later.
Helga Humphreys, 80, spends time in Mexico each winter, going on long walks on the beach promenade and enjoying the sunshine. But...
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Dr. Ross Upshur, Scientific Director of the Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation and Assistant Director of the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute has been elected a Fellow of the Hastings Center, a prestigious bioethics research institute in New York.
Hastings Center Fellowships recognize individuals from many disciplines whose work has shaped our understanding of complex ethical issues in the areas of health care, life sciences research and the environment....
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