Where Experience Meets Cardiac Patient Care Expertise: Beroly Mathew and Nursing Leadership on H5.
“At the Ottawa Heart Institute we get to say things like, ‘We are the experts in cardiology, our doctors have done this hundreds of times, and you are in the right place.’” Celebrating a 28-year nursing career at the OHI, Beroly Mathew says that there is something very special about the Heart Institute, making it a wonderful place to work.
Saving Lives at the Heart Institute: Mohamed Hussein Yusuf on Teamwork and Innovation in the ICCU.
Mohamed Hussein Yusuf was born in Somalia to a pediatrician and registered nurse. “My father, a physician, would take me with him to the hospital and I would hang out in his office while he rounded on patients. He would help me with my homework in between visits to the bedside.”
Rebuilding Strength, Restoring Hope: Nurse Melanie Matta’s Passion for Cardiac Rehabilitation
“When I was in grade one I came home from school and announced to my mother that I was going to be nurse. And that was it.” Now a registered nurse for 22 years, Melanie Matta has kept her word and built an evolving and satisfying 20-year career at the Ottawa Heart Institute.