Media Release Notification

The following information is provided to assist editors, reporters and researchers.

The name of the hospital is Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. There are three campuses or sites: Bayview Campus, Holland Centre, and St. John's Rehab. 

A Strategic Communications staff person is available 24-hours a day by pager. Simply call 416-480-4244 and ask to leave a message for Strategic Communications (formerly Communications & Stakeholder Relations).

After hours it is important to leave a full contact name and phone number for the Strategic Communications staff member who will respond to your call. DO NOT leave a pager number. Strategic Communications staff may not be in a position to accept and return page after hours and on the weekends.

For reasons of patient confidentiality and new privacy legislation, the Strategic Communications department will no longer provide patient condition checks to the media.

Medical, research, administrative and support staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre are expected to forward all media information requests to Strategic Communications. As a timesaving measure media are advised to call Strategic Communications directly in advance of contact with staff. Strategic Communications staff consider it a priority to address requests for interviews promptly and with respect to various print and electronic media deadlines. There may be times when the appropriate specialist, researcher or staff member is not available. When this occurs we also see it as our priority to inform you promptly and, if possible, refer you to another hospital or individual that might be able to help with the request.