Healthcare

The Schroeder Foundation is helping St. Michael’s Hospital stop “Canada’s disease” in its tracks.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that affects one in 400 Canadians, the highest prevalence in the world. St. Michael’s Hospital – a leading force in the MS field for the past 40 years, and home to the largest MS clinic in North America – is determined to stop MS in its tracks. This summer, with a major investment from The Schroeder Foundation, it will take a giant step forward when it opens the BARLO MS Centre. St. Michael’s is set to become one of the world’s top centres for MS research, education and patient care.

At the BARLO MS Centre, patients will have access to an infusion innovation centre, an independent living lab where they can learn how to modify their homes, a gymnasium for customized exercise, physiotherapy and high-tech gait analysis, and counselling rooms where patients and their families receive the guidance to help them cope.

Most importantly, the BARLO MS Centre offers what patients need most: one-stop care. Patients no longer have to move from appointment to appointment, repeating their stories over and over again. Now, neurologists, nurses, social workers, neuropsychologists, physio and occupational therapists, and pharmacists will provide care for the patient’s body, mind and life – all in one place.

And because St. Michael’s is home to some of the world’s leading scientists, the BARLO MS Centre will accelerate breakthroughs into the causes and treatments of this intractable disease – and help the 2.8 million people living with MS around the world.

Donations can be made directly to: BARLO MS Centre – St. Michael Hospital (stmichaelsfoundation.com)

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