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Social @ UHN UHN housekeeper speaks up to save a life

Toronto Western Hospital’s Morteza Gorgzadeh shows they can go home. I take that seriously.”
In the past year, activity on 399,917 – Impressions (number of times content how everyone can play a role in patient safety.
our platforms increased displayed, whether clicked on or not) But that day, one of the patients who had been on the
by... For Morteza Gorgzadeh, it was just another day at work. unit for a while didn’t look very comfortable. When
9,029 – Engagements (likes, comments, shares Morteza entered the room, he saw him sprawled
or retweets) A housekeeper with the Support Services team at sideways across the bed, his oxygen mask half off his face.
Toronto Western Hospital, Morteza was going about
14,231 – Link clicks his daily tasks and doing what he could to make the “It looked like he was sleeping but when I went to see
patients on the 8A General Internal Medicine in- if he was okay, I noticed that he was breathing heavily
patient unit feel more comfortable. and foaming at the mouth,” Morteza recalls. “He didn’t
look well to me.”
University Health Network “I always make sure to say hello and get to know the
@UHN patients in the different rooms,” says Morteza.
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We are pleased to announce Dr. Kevin Smith will be joining “My job is to help create an environment where
UHN on May 22, 2018 as our next President and Chief patients can eat, feel comfortable, feel better so that
Executive Officer. He is well known for his contribution to
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Although it looked like the patient was sleeping, something didn’t sit
right with Morteza Gorgzadeh when he came upon the man in his
Other UHN News headlines room. The TW 8A General Internal Medicine unit housekeeper’s gut
instinct prompted him to call a nurse, an action which saved that
patient’s life. (Photo: UHN)
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