Deans' stroke musings: HGMH Expands Physiatry Services to Outpatients

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

HGMH Expands Physiatry Services to Outpatients

Which means they are a COMPLETE FUCKING FAILURE AT GETTING THEM RECOVERED while still in hospital! Leading me to believe they have done nothing to save the hundreds of millions of neurons they are allowing to die because they did NOTHING to stop the 5 causes of the neuronal cascade of death in the first week!

HGMH Expands Physiatry Services to Outpatients

Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital (HGMH) is expanding its Physiatry program to include outpatient consultations, increasing access to specialized rehabilitation care(NOT RECOVERY!) for residents of Glengarry and surrounding communities.

Physiatry is a medical specialty focused on improving function, mobility, and quality of life for individuals recovering from stroke, neurological injury, and other disabling conditions.

Since the fall of 2025, Physiatry services at HGMH have supported referred inpatients as part of the hospital’s commitment to enhancing rehabilitation and recovery services. Building on the success of that program, patients can now be referred for outpatient consultations with Dr. Jacqueline Cochrane, a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with advanced training in stroke rehabilitation and spasticity management.

Many patients continue to face challenges long after being discharged from hospitals following a stroke or neurological injury. Physiatry services help identify barriers to recovery and develop individualized treatment plans to maximize independence and participation in daily life.

The expansion of Physiatry services is another example of HGMH’s ongoing commitment to bringing specialized healthcare services closer to home and improving access to care(NOT RECOVERY!) for the communities it serves.

Referrals are accepted from physicians and nurse practitioners for patients with OHIP or RAMQ coverage.