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Highlights

Energy efficiency
UHN became the first hospital to be inducted into the Energy Efficiency Winner’s Circle. This award recognizes UHN
as a leader to all Ontario hospitals in energy conservation, efficiency and management.

Operation TLC has helped staff turn off lights and computers when not in use, and UHN has reduced building energy
use by installing more efficient equipment. The is doubly beneficial — environmentally and economically — as utility
bills are lowered by about $1 million a year.

UHN received the OHA Waste Management Award, recognizing efforts in the 3Rs: Reducing, Reusing & Recycling.
Though just 20 votes shy of the Green Hospital of the Year award, UHN was acknowledged as a finalist. On the upside,
it is a great honour to be nominated and something to strive for next year.

UHN also won the Smart Commute Employer of the Year award for sustainable transportation, a competition amongst
workplaces across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). click here

Used Beds head to West Africa
UHN purchased 150 new beds for our patients at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital.
Thanks to UHN’s Energy & Environment
department, instead of landfill or scrap
metal recycling, the 150 20-year-old
beds were given a new lease on life in
Liberia in West Africa. click here

Finance business case – behind the
scenes teamwork
The UHN Transplant Outpatient
Pharmacy is Canada’s first and only
transplant specialty pharmacy.
It would not have happened without
the expertise provided by UHN’s
Finance team. click here

From left to right: Clinical Pharmacist Dipika Munyal, double lung transplant
recipient Dave Paterson, and Transplant Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Leader
Shabdis Djazayeri, do a final check on Dave’s medications before he goes home to
Ottawa. Djazayeri and team were able to prepare all his medications in one hour
after his prescription was ordered, ensuring a seamless and fast transition home.
(Photo: UHN)

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