Hot topics - No safe way to smoke in the car
We often hear that second-hand smoke is harmful – especially to children. But did you know that second-hand smoke is even more dangerous in a car than it is at home?

In fact, the concentration of cigarette smoke in the car is 27 times higher than the concentration of cigarette smoke in the home, explains Dr. Sharon Dell, a paediatric respirologist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and associate scientist at the SickKids Research Institute. Read more

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January 14 - Appointment of the Director of the Centre for Patient Safety
The President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Mary Jo Haddad, the President and CEO of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Barry McLellan, and the Dean of Medicine, Catharine Whiteside, are very pleased to announce that Dr. Kaveh Shojania has been appointed as the inaugural Director of the new University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety. Read more