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Our furry friends make the news!

January 2, 2025

What better way to kick off the year than seeing our canine stars making headlines!

Kozak and dog handler, Isabelle Turcotte, were featured in a Radio-Canada report, filmed at Centre intégré de cancérologie de la Montérégie.

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Everyone’s talking about Kozak and Simba!

November 11, 2024

Read the article published in La Relève (in French), singing the praises of the program’s unique benefits and the important role these extraordinary dogs play in the lives of patients.

Experience a visit to the Hospital with Simba and Isabelle!

April 2024

Visit the CICM in the company of Simba, a support dog, and Isabelle Turcotte!

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Photo Report

Visit the CICM in the company of Simba, a support dog, and Isabelle Turcotte!

It’s Thursday afternoon. Time for the second visit of the week for Simba, a support dog, and Isabelle Turcotte, his handler from Fondation Leski, to the Centre Intégré de la Cancérologie de la Montérégie. This is part of a new program funded by generous anonymous donors of Fondation Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne. Its goal? To support and provide company to cancer patients as they wait for their appointment or treatment to help relieve their anxiety; and to contribute to the well-being of our care teams.

Simba and Isabelle stroll the corridors to visit patients. It’s completely silent.

In the waiting room, Simba visits with patients facing a potentially difficult diagnosis or treatment that can be anxiety inducing. Some patients prefer to remain anonymous, while others are happy to pose for the camera.

Simba also helps those, like Thomas Poirier, accompanying a spouse, friend or parent undergoing treatment.

Daniel Lépine and Sylvie Desrosiers are happy to see Simba. It’s Sylvie’s last treatment. An occasion to celebrate with a lovely visit!

Émilie Labossière has just started her treatment. She can’t stop petting the wonderful Simba and proudly poses with him. As she said, “The dog helps, brings a gentleness, another energy, gets people talking to each other. Animals are always soothing!”

A brief moment of respite for Erick Leduc, awaiting his treatment.

Simba’s visit doesn’t just do good for patients, he’s also good for employees, like Julie Charrette, from Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu, who is accompanying a patient.

After a hard day, employee Karine Lachance couldn’t wait to see Simba.

Simba is now a member of the team! Here he is posing with Marie-Ève Déragon, Marie-Josée Lafontaine, Véronique Carrier, Kim Sue Thuot and Karine Lachance from the radiation oncology department.

After so much emotion, Simba and Isabelle take a little break in the sun to recharge their batteries before their second round of the waiting rooms.

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Photo Report

Visit the CICM in the company of Simba, a support dog, and Isabelle Turcotte!

It’s Thursday afternoon. Time for the second visit of the week for Simba, a support dog, and Isabelle Turcotte, his handler from Fondation Leski, to the Centre Intégré de la Cancérologie de la Montérégie. This is part of a new program funded by generous anonymous donors of Fondation Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne. Its goal? To support and provide company to cancer patients as they wait for their appointment or treatment to help relieve their anxiety; and to contribute to the well-being of our care teams.

Simba and Isabelle stroll the corridors to visit patients. It’s completely silent.

In the waiting room, Simba visits with patients facing a potentially difficult diagnosis or treatment that can be anxiety inducing. Some patients prefer to remain anonymous, while others are happy to pose for the camera.

Simba also helps those, like Thomas Poirier, accompanying a spouse, friend or parent undergoing treatment.

Daniel Lépine and Sylvie Desrosiers are happy to see Simba. It’s Sylvie’s last treatment. An occasion to celebrate with a lovely visit!

Émilie Labossière has just started her treatment. She can’t stop petting the wonderful Simba and proudly poses with him. As she said, “The dog helps, brings a gentleness, another energy, gets people talking to each other. Animals are always soothing!”

A brief moment of respite for Erick Leduc, awaiting his treatment.

Simba’s visit doesn’t just do good for patients, he’s also good for employees, like Julie Charrette, from Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu, who is accompanying a patient.

After a hard day, employee Karine Lachance couldn’t wait to see Simba.

Simba is now a member of the team! Here he is posing with Marie-Ève Déragon, Marie-Josée Lafontaine, Véronique Carrier, Kim Sue Thuot and Karine Lachance from the radiation oncology department.

After so much emotion, Simba and Isabelle take a little break in the sun to recharge their batteries before their second round of the waiting rooms.